Threaten

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Threaten

Threaten : மிரட்டல், அச்சமூட்டு

Threaten : மிரட்டல்

Threaten definition

Transitive verb.

  1. To utter threats against; to menace; to inspire with apprehension; to alarm, or attempt to alarm, as with the promise of something evil or disagreeable; to warn.
  2. To exhibit the appearance of (something evil or unpleasant) as approaching; to indicate as impending; to announce the conditional infliction of; as, to threaten war; to threaten death.

Intransitive verb. To use threats, or menaces; also, to have a threatening appearance.