3.3.3.8 Threaten

Use this domain for words related to threatening someone--to say that you will do something bad to someone if they don't do what you want them to do.

Louw Nida Codes: 
33Z Threaten
  • What words refer to threatening someone?
    threaten, menace, intimidate, terrorize, frighten, cow, bully, browbeat, blackmail, extort, warn
  • What words refer to the act of threatening or to what is said?
    threat, menace, intimidation, terrorism, blackmail, extortion, warning
  • What words describe a person who threatens?
    threatening, menacing, intimidating, bullying
  • What words refer to a person who threatens?
    bully, terrorist, blackmailer, extortionist