Threaten, v. a.
- 1. Menace, denounce.
- 2. Portend, presage, forebode, augur, foreshadow, prognosticate, indicate.
Threaten, v. n.
- 1. Use threats, use menaces.
- 2. Impend, be near at hand, be imminent, stare one in the face.
Threatening, a.
- 1. Menacing, minatory, minacious, comminatory.
- 2. Impending, impendent, imminent.
Threatening, n. Commination, threat, denunciation, menace, menacing.
Three-capsuled, a. (Bot.) Tricapsular.
Three-celled, a. (Bot.) Trilocular.
Three-cleft, a. (Bot.) Trifid.
Three-grained, a. (Bot.) Tricoccous.
Three-leaved, a. (Bot.) Triphyllous, trifoliate.
Threescore, a. Sixty, thrice twenty.
Three sheets in the wind. (Sailor’s phrase.) Tipsy, fuddled, somewhat intoxicated, the worse for liquor, having had a drop too much, half-seas-over.
Three-valved, a. Trivalvular.
Threnetic, a. Sorrowful, mournful, dirge-like.
Threnody, n. Song of lamentation, lament, requiem, dirge.
Thresh, v. a. See Thrash.
Threshold, n.
- 1. Doorsill.
- 2. Entrance, gate, door.