Dark clouds threatened to bring rain.
乌云预示着可能要下雨了。
Select the best synonym for the word “threaten”:
A — intimidate. “threaten” means v. to say you will harm someone if they do not do what you want
The bully tried to ______ the smaller boys to get their lunch money.
D — threaten. “threaten” means v. to say you will harm someone if they do not do what you want
threaten — v. to say you will harm someone if they do not do what you want. In Chinese: 威胁.
threaten is pronounced /ˈθrɛtən/. It breaks into 3 syllables: thr · ea · ten.
Dark clouds threatened to bring rain. (乌云预示着可能要下雨了。)
warn, intimidate, menace — all close in meaning to threaten (v. to say you will harm someone if they do not do what you want).
Yes. threaten appears on the iSEE Vocab Basic list, which covers 2445 words for the ISEE and SSAT.