| 1. expression of intent to damage or injure, intimidation, danger. threatthreat (thr&ebreve;t), n. [as. ?re?t, akin to ā?re?tan to vex, g. verdriessen, ohg. irdriozan, icel. ?rjōta to fail, want, lack, goth. us?riutan to vex, to trouble, russ. trudite to impose a task, irritate, vex, l. trudere to push. cf. abstruse, intrude, obstrude, protrude.] the expression of an intention to inflict evil or injury on another; the declaration of an evil, loss, or pain to come; menace; threatening; denunciation. there is no terror, cassius, in your threats.threat threat, v. t. & i. [oe. ?reten, as. ?re?tian. see: threat, n.] to threaten. [obs. or poetic] of all his threating reck not a mite. our dreaded admiral from far they threat.threat n |