Roget's Thesaurus

#909. Threat

Nouns

threat, menace; defiance etc. 715; abuse, minacity, intimidation; denunciation; fulmination; commination etc. (curse) 908; gathering clouds etc. (warning) 668.

Verbs

threat, threaten; menace; snarl, growl, gnarl, mutter, bark, bully. defy etc. 715; intimidate etc. 860; keep in terrorem [Lat.], hold up in terrorem [Lat.], hold out in terrorem [Lat.]; shake the fist at, double the fist at, clinch the fist at; thunder, talk big, fulminate, use big words, bluster, look daggers, stare daggers.

Adjectives

threatening, menacing; minatory, minacious; comminatory, abusive; in terrorem [Lat.]; ominous etc. (predicting) 511; defiant etc. 715; under the ban.

Interjections

vae victis! [Lat.], at your peril!, do your worst!