Definition of threatens

"threatens" in the verb sense

1. endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril

pose a threat to present a danger to

"The pollution is endangering the crops"

2. threaten

to utter intentions of injury or punishment against

"He threatened me when I tried to call the police"

3. threaten

to be a menacing indication of something

"The clouds threaten rain"

"Danger threatens"

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Quotations for threatens

A dwarf threatens Hercules. [ Proverb ]

He who threatens hunts after a revenge. [ Proverb ]

He threatens many that is injurious to one. [ Proverb ]

O how portentous is prosperity! How, comet-like, it threatens, while it shines! [ Young ]

Journalism is an immense power, that threatens soon to supersede sermons, lectures, and books. [ Theodore Tilton ]

Differences, we know, are never so effectually laid asleep as by some common calamity; an enemy unites all to whom he threatens danger. [ Dr. Johnson ]

Books are delightful when prosperity happily smiles; when adversity threatens, they are inseparable comforters. They give strength to human compacts, nor are grave opinions brought forward without books. Arts and sciences, the benefits of which no mind can calculate, depend upon books. [ Richard Aungervyle ]

Resistance ought never to be thought of but when an utter subversion of the laws of the realm threatens the whole frame of our constitution, and no redress can otherwise be hoped for. It therefore does, and ought for ever, to stand in the eye and letter of the law as the highest offence. [ Walpole ]

Courage, by keeping the senses quiet, and the understanding clear, puts us in a condition to receive true intelligence, to make just computations upon danger, and pronounce rightly upon that which threatens us. Innocence of life, consciousness of worth, and great expectations, are the best foundations of courage. These ingredients make a richer cordial than youth can prepare. They warm the heart at eighty, and seldom fail in operation. [ Collier ]

threatens in Scrabble®

The word threatens is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters threatens:

THREATENS
(117)
THREATENS
(117)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (26 words)

anthers, arsheen, earnest, earthen, eastern, entreat, ethanes, hatters, hearten, heaters, natters, nearest, neatest, netters, reheats, restate, retaste, shatter, sterane, tenters, ternate, tethers, theater, theatre, thereat, threats

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word threatens

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In threatens

THREATENS
(117)
THREATENS
(117)
THEATER
(92 = 42 + 50)
ANTHERS
(92 = 42 + 50)
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ETHANES
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ETHANES
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THEATER
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THEATRE
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THREATENS
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threatens in Words With Friends™

The word threatens is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters threatens:

THREATENS
(144)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (26 words)

anthers, arsheen, earnest, earthen, eastern, entreat, ethanes, hatters, hearten, heaters, natters, nearest, neatest, netters, reheats, restate, retaste, shatter, sterane, tenters, ternate, tethers, theater, theatre, thereat, threats

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word threatens

THREATENS
(144)
THREATENS
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THREATENS
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In threatens

THREATENS
(144)
EARTHEN
(95 = 60 + 35)
ANTHERS
(95 = 60 + 35)
ARSHEEN
(89 = 54 + 35)
ARSHEEN
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ETHANES
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TETHERS
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THEATRE
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THREATENS
(84)
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(84)
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ETHANES
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REHEATS
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THEATRE
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Words within the letters of threatens

2 letter words in threatens (11 words)

8 letter words in threatens (5 words)

9 letter words in threatens (1 word)

Words containing the sequence threatens

Words that start with threatens (1 word)

Words with threatens in them (1 word)

Words that end with threatens (1 word)

Word Growth involving threatens

Shorter words in threatens

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Longer words containing threatens

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