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threaten
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to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police"
to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"; "Danger threatens"
related words >
abuse
,
admonish
,
advise
,
afflict
,
aggrieve
,
alert
,
anticipate
,
apprehend
,
approach
,
augur
,
await
,
be destined
,
be fated
,
be imminent
,
be in store
,
be to be
,
be to come
,
befoul
,
bewitch
,
blight
,
bludgeon
,
bluster
,
bluster out of
,
bode
,
brew
,
browbeat
,
bulldoze
,
bully
,
caution
,
come
,
come on
,
comminate
,
condemn
,
confront
,
corrupt
,
cow
,
croak
,
crucify
,
cry havoc
,
curse
,
damage
,
daunt
,
defile
,
demoralize
,
denounce
,
deprave
,
despoil
,
destroy
,
disadvantage
,
disserve
,
distress
,
do a mischief
,
do evil
,
do ill
,
do wrong
,
do wrong by
,
doom
,
dragoon
,
draw near
,
draw nigh
,
draw on
,
endanger
,
envenom
,
expect
,
face
,
forebode
,
foresee
,
foretell
,
forewarn
,
forthcome
,
gather
,
get into trouble
,
give fair warning
,
give notice
,
give warning
,
hang over
,
harass
,
harm
,
have a premonition
,
have a presentiment
,
hector
,
hex
,
hope
,
hover
,
huff
,
hurt
,
impair
,
impend
,
imperil
,
infect
,
injure
,
intimidate
,
issue an ultimatum
,
jeopardize
,
jinx
,
lie ahead
,
lie over
,
look black
,
look for
,
look forward to
,
look threatening
,
loom
,
lower
,
maltreat
,
menace
,
mistreat
,
molest
,
near
,
notify
,
outrage
,
overhang
,
persecute
,
plan
,
play havoc with
,
play hob with
,
plot
,
poison
,
pollute
,
portend
,
preapprehend
,
predict
,
prejudice
,
presage
,
project
,
prophesy
,
put in jeopardy
,
savage
,
scathe
,
sound the alarm
,
systematically terrorize
,
taint
,
terrorize
,
tip
,
tip off
,
torment
,
torture
,
utter a caveat
,
utter threats against
,
violate
,
warn
,
warn against
,
wound
,
wreak havoc on
,
wrong
bait
collapse
something used to lure victims into danger
anything that serves as an enticement
attack with dogs or set dogs upon
lure, entice, or entrap with bait
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aggravate
,
allure
,
allurement
,
annoy
,
badger
,
bait the hook
,
baited trap
,
be at
,
bedevil
,
beset
,
birdlime
,
bite
,
blandish
,
bola
,
bother
,
bribe
,
bristle
,
brown off
,
bug
,
bullyrag
,
burn up
,
cajole
,
carrot
,
charm
,
chivy
,
coax
,
cobweb
,
come-on
,
decoy
,
decoy duck
,
devil
,
discompose
,
distemper
,
disturb
,
dog
,
dragnet
,
draw
,
draw in
,
draw on
,
drawcard
,
drawing card
,
encouragement
,
endearment
,
ensnare
,
entice
,
enticement
,
entrap
,
exasperate
,
exercise
,
fash
,
fillip
,
fishhook
,
flirt
,
flirt with
,
fly
,
get
,
gill net
,
give the come-on
,
gripe
,
ground bait
,
harass
,
harry
,
haze
,
heckle
,
hector
,
hook
,
hound
,
incentive
,
incitement
,
inducement
,
interest
,
inveigh
,
inveigle
,
inveiglement
,
invitation
,
irk
,
jig
,
lariat
,
lasso
,
lead on
,
lime
,
lure
,
meshes
,
miff
,
molest
,
morsel
,
nag
,
needle
,
net
,
nettle
,
noose
,
nudzh
,
offer bait to
,
payment
,
peeve
,
percentage
,
persecute
,
persuasive
,
pester
,
pick on
,
piece
,
pique
,
plague
,
pluck the beard
,
plug
,
pother
,
pound net
,
profit
,
provocation
,
provoke
,
purse seine
,
push around
,
rag
,
reward
,
ride
,
rile
,
roil
,
rope in
,
ruffle
,
seduce
,
seducement
,
seine
,
snare
,
sniggle
,
spinner
,
springe
,
squid
,
stimulation
,
stimulative
,
stimulus
,
suck in
,
sweetener
,
sweetening
,
tease
,
tempt
,
temptation
,
toils
,
toll
,
torment
,
trap
,
trawl
,
try the patience
,
tweak the nose
,
vex
,
whet
,
wobbler
,
woo
,
worry
afflict
collapse
cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
cause pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague"; "That debasement of the verbal currency that afflicts terms used in advertisement"
cause great unhappiness for; distress; "she was afflicted by the death of her parents"
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abuse
,
affect
,
aggrieve
,
agitate
,
agonize
,
ail
,
anguish
,
annoy
,
befoul
,
bewitch
,
bite
,
blight
,
bother
,
break down
,
bring to tears
,
burden
,
burn
,
chafe
,
condemn
,
convulse
,
corrupt
,
crucify
,
crush
,
curse
,
cut
,
cut up
,
damage
,
debilitate
,
defile
,
deprave
,
derange
,
desolate
,
despoil
,
destroy
,
devitalize
,
disable
,
disadvantage
,
discomfort
,
disorder
,
disquiet
,
disserve
,
distress
,
disturb
,
do a mischief
,
do evil
,
do ill
,
do wrong
,
do wrong by
,
doom
,
draw tears
,
embitter
,
enervate
,
enfeeble
,
envenom
,
excruciate
,
fester
,
fret
,
gall
,
get into trouble
,
give pain
,
gnaw
,
grate
,
grieve
,
grind
,
gripe
,
harass
,
harm
,
harrow
,
harry
,
hex
,
hospitalize
,
hurt
,
impair
,
incapacitate
,
indispose
,
infect
,
inflame
,
inflict pain
,
injure
,
inundate
,
invalid
,
irk
,
irritate
,
jinx
,
kill by inches
,
lacerate
,
lay up
,
load with care
,
maltreat
,
martyr
,
martyrize
,
menace
,
mistreat
,
molest
,
nip
,
oppress
,
outrage
,
overwhelm
,
pain
,
persecute
,
perturb
,
pester
,
pierce
,
pinch
,
plague
,
play havoc with
,
play hob with
,
poison
,
pollute
,
prejudice
,
press
,
prick
,
prolong the agony
,
prostrate
,
put to it
,
put to torture
,
rack
,
rankle
,
rasp
,
reduce
,
rub
,
savage
,
scathe
,
sicken
,
smite
,
sorrow
,
stab
,
sting
,
strike
,
taint
,
threaten
,
torment
,
torture
,
trouble
,
try
,
tweak
,
twist
,
upset
,
vex
,
violate
,
weaken
,
worry
,
wound
,
wreak havoc on
,
wring
,
wrong
annoy
collapse
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
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abrade
,
agent provocateur
,
aggravate
,
agitate
,
amplify
,
arouse
,
augment
,
awake
,
awaken
,
badger
,
bait
,
be at
,
bedevil
,
beleaguer
,
beset
,
blow the coals
,
blow up
,
bother
,
bristle
,
brown off
,
bug
,
build up
,
bullyrag
,
burn up
,
call forth
,
call up
,
chafe
,
chivy
,
deepen
,
deteriorate
,
devil
,
discompose
,
distemper
,
distress
,
disturb
,
dog
,
embitter
,
enhance
,
enkindle
,
enlarge
,
enrage
,
exacerbate
,
exasperate
,
excite
,
exercise
,
fan
,
fan the fire
,
fan the flame
,
fash
,
feed the fire
,
fire
,
flame
,
foment
,
frenzy
,
fret
,
gall
,
get
,
get at
,
gnaw
,
gripe
,
harass
,
harry
,
hassle
,
heat
,
heat up
,
heckle
,
hector
,
heighten
,
hot up
,
hound
,
huff
,
impassion
,
incense
,
incite
,
increase
,
inflame
,
infuriate
,
intensify
,
irk
,
irritate
,
key up
,
kindle
,
lather up
,
light the fuse
,
light up
,
madden
,
magnify
,
make acute
,
make worse
,
miff
,
molest
,
move
,
nag
,
needle
,
nettle
,
nudzh
,
overexcite
,
peeve
,
persecute
,
perturb
,
pester
,
pick on
,
pique
,
plague
,
pluck the beard
,
pother
,
provoke
,
rankle
,
ride
,
rile
,
roil
,
rouse
,
rub
,
ruffle
,
set astir
,
set fire to
,
set on fire
,
set up
,
sharpen
,
sour
,
steam up
,
stir
,
stir the blood
,
stir the embers
,
stir the feelings
,
stir up
,
summon up
,
tease
,
torment
,
trouble
,
try the patience
,
turn on
,
tweak the nose
,
upset
,
vex
,
wake
,
wake up
,
waken
,
warm
,
warm the blood
,
whip up
,
work into
,
work up
,
worry
,
worsen
discompose
collapse
related words >
abash
,
addle
,
addle the wits
,
aggravate
,
agitate
,
annoy
,
badger
,
bait
,
ball up
,
be at
,
be tedious
,
beat
,
beat up
,
becloud
,
bedazzle
,
bedevil
,
befuddle
,
beset
,
bewilder
,
bore
,
bother
,
bristle
,
brown off
,
bug
,
bullyrag
,
burn up
,
cast down
,
chagrin
,
chivy
,
churn
,
churn up
,
cloud
,
confound
,
confuse
,
convulse
,
daze
,
dazzle
,
derange
,
devil
,
disagree
,
disarrange
,
disarray
,
discombobulate
,
discomfit
,
disconcert
,
discontent
,
dishevel
,
dismay
,
disorder
,
disorganize
,
disorient
,
disquiet
,
distemper
,
distract
,
disturb
,
dog
,
electrify
,
embarrass
,
embroil
,
entangle
,
exasperate
,
excite
,
exercise
,
fash
,
ferment
,
flummox
,
flurry
,
fluster
,
flutter
,
fog
,
fret
,
fuddle
,
fuss
,
get
,
gripe
,
harass
,
harry
,
heckle
,
hector
,
hound
,
irk
,
jar
,
jolt
,
jumble
,
knock galley-west
,
leave unsatisfied
,
maze
,
mess up
,
miff
,
mist
,
mix up
,
moider
,
molest
,
mortify
,
muddle
,
nag
,
needle
,
nettle
,
nudzh
,
paddle
,
peeve
,
perplex
,
persecute
,
perturb
,
perturbate
,
pester
,
pick on
,
pique
,
plague
,
pluck the beard
,
pother
,
provoke
,
psych
,
put out
,
raise hell
,
rattle
,
ride
,
rile
,
ripple
,
rock
,
roil
,
roughen
,
ruffle
,
rummage
,
rumple
,
shake
,
shake up
,
shock
,
spook
,
stagger
,
stir
,
stir up
,
swirl
,
tease
,
throw
,
throw into confusion
,
torment
,
trouble
,
try the patience
,
tweak the nose
,
unhinge
,
unsettle
,
untune
,
upset
,
vex
,
whip
,
whip up
,
whisk
,
work up
,
worry
injure
collapse
cause injuries or bodily harm to
related words >
abrade
,
abuse
,
afflict
,
affront
,
aggravate
,
aggrieve
,
bark
,
batter
,
befoul
,
bespatter
,
bewitch
,
blemish
,
blight
,
bloody
,
break
,
bruise
,
buffet
,
burn
,
chafe
,
check
,
chip
,
claw
,
condemn
,
constrain
,
contort
,
corrupt
,
crack
,
craze
,
cripple
,
crucify
,
curse
,
cut
,
damage
,
deface
,
defile
,
deform
,
deprave
,
despoil
,
destroy
,
deteriorate
,
dilapidate
,
disable
,
disadvantage
,
disfigure
,
disserve
,
distort
,
distress
,
do a mischief
,
do evil
,
do ill
,
do violence to
,
do wrong
,
do wrong by
,
do wrong to
,
doom
,
embitter
,
endamage
,
envenom
,
exacerbate
,
foul
,
foul up
,
fracture
,
fray
,
frazzle
,
fret
,
gall
,
gash
,
get into trouble
,
grieve
,
harass
,
harm
,
hex
,
hurt
,
ill-treat
,
ill-use
,
impair
,
incapacitate
,
incise
,
infect
,
insult
,
irritate
,
jinx
,
knock about
,
lacerate
,
louse up
,
maim
,
make mincemeat of
,
make worse
,
maltreat
,
mangle
,
manhandle
,
mar
,
maul
,
menace
,
mishandle
,
mistreat
,
misuse
,
molest
,
mutilate
,
offend
,
outrage
,
pain
,
persecute
,
pierce
,
play havoc with
,
play hob with
,
poison
,
pollute
,
prejudice
,
puncture
,
put back
,
queer
,
rend
,
rip
,
rough
,
rough up
,
run
,
rupture
,
savage
,
scald
,
scathe
,
scorch
,
scotch
,
scrape
,
scratch
,
scuff
,
skin
,
slash
,
slight
,
slit
,
smirch
,
spoil
,
sprain
,
stab
,
stick
,
strain
,
taint
,
tarnish
,
tear
,
threaten
,
torment
,
torture
,
traumatize
,
violate
,
vitiate
,
weaken
,
worsen
,
wound
,
wreak havoc on
,
wrench
,
wrong
oppress
collapse
come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"
related words >
abuse
,
addict
,
afflict
,
aggrieve
,
anguish
,
bear hard upon
,
beat down
,
beset
,
break
,
break down
,
bring to tears
,
browbeat
,
bulldoze
,
bully
,
burden
,
burthen
,
busy
,
cast down
,
castrate
,
charge
,
clamp down on
,
coerce
,
compel
,
conquer
,
cow
,
crush
,
crush one
,
cumber
,
cut up
,
damp
,
dampen
,
dampen the spirits
,
darken
,
dash
,
daunt
,
deject
,
depress
,
desolate
,
despotize
,
discourage
,
dishearten
,
dispirit
,
distress
,
domineer
,
domineer over
,
draw tears
,
drive
,
embitter
,
encumber
,
enslave
,
exhaust
,
fag
,
freight
,
go hard with
,
go ill with
,
grieve
,
grind
,
grind down
,
hamper
,
handicap
,
harass
,
harry
,
haunt
,
haunt the memory
,
henpeck
,
hound
,
hunt
,
intimidate
,
inundate
,
keep busy
,
keep down
,
keep under
,
knock down
,
lade
,
lie on
,
load
,
lord it over
,
lower
,
lower the spirits
,
maltreat
,
molest
,
obsess
,
outrage
,
overawe
,
overbear
,
overburden
,
overcome
,
overdrive
,
overload
,
overmaster
,
overpower
,
override
,
overtask
,
overtax
,
overthrow
,
overweight
,
overwhelm
,
overwork
,
persecute
,
press
,
press down
,
press hard upon
,
press heavy on
,
pressure
,
prey on
,
prostrate
,
pursue
,
put down
,
repress
,
rest hard upon
,
ride over
,
ride roughshod over
,
sadden
,
saddle
,
sink
,
sorrow
,
subdue
,
subjugate
,
suppress
,
sweat
,
task
,
tax
,
terrorize
,
tire
,
torment
,
torture
,
trample down
,
trample underfoot
,
trample upon
,
tread down
,
tread upon
,
trouble
,
try one
,
tyrannize
,
tyrannize over
,
unman
,
victimize
,
walk all over
,
walk over
,
wear down
,
wear out
,
wear upon one
,
weary
,
weigh down
,
weigh heavy on
,
weigh heavy upon
,
weigh on
,
weigh upon
,
weight down
,
work
aggravate
collapse
related words >
accelerate
,
agent provocateur
,
aggrandize
,
alienate
,
amplify
,
anger
,
annoy
,
antagonize
,
arouse
,
augment
,
badger
,
bait
,
be at
,
bedevil
,
beef up
,
beset
,
blow up
,
bother
,
bristle
,
brown off
,
bug
,
build up
,
bullyrag
,
burn up
,
chafe
,
chivy
,
come between
,
complicate
,
concentrate
,
condense
,
consolidate
,
damage
,
deepen
,
deteriorate
,
devil
,
dilapidate
,
disaffect
,
discompose
,
distemper
,
disturb
,
disunite
,
divide
,
dog
,
double
,
embitter
,
endamage
,
enhance
,
enlarge
,
envenom
,
estrange
,
exacerbate
,
exaggerate
,
exasperate
,
exercise
,
fan the flame
,
fash
,
fret
,
frustrate
,
gall
,
get
,
grate
,
gripe
,
harass
,
harm
,
harry
,
heat up
,
heckle
,
hector
,
heighten
,
hop up
,
hot up
,
hound
,
huff
,
hurt
,
impair
,
incense
,
increase
,
inflame
,
infuriate
,
injure
,
intensify
,
irk
,
irritate
,
jazz up
,
key up
,
light the fuse
,
madden
,
magnify
,
make acute
,
make complex
,
make trouble
,
make worse
,
miff
,
molest
,
mount
,
multiply
,
nag
,
needle
,
nettle
,
nudzh
,
peeve
,
persecute
,
perturb
,
pester
,
pick on
,
pique
,
pit against
,
plague
,
pluck the beard
,
pother
,
provoke
,
put back
,
ramify
,
rankle
,
redouble
,
reinforce
,
ride
,
rile
,
rise
,
roil
,
rouse
,
ruffle
,
separate
,
set against
,
set at odds
,
set at variance
,
set on
,
set up
,
sharpen
,
sic on
,
soup up
,
sour
,
sow dissension
,
step up
,
stir the blood
,
stir up
,
stir up trouble
,
strengthen
,
tease
,
torment
,
triple
,
trouble
,
try the patience
,
tweak the nose
,
upset
,
vex
,
weaken
,
whet
,
work up
,
worry
,
worsen
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