Threaten

vAntonymPronunciationSSC PYQ × 4

/θrˈɛtən/ · थ्रेटन

Meaning

To say that you will cause trouble or hurt someone if you do not get what you want

to say one will harm someone

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Synonyms · पर्यायवाची
Antonyms · विलोम
Example sentences

He threatened to withdraw the application.

Rising water threatened the low fields.

Nobody can threaten Radhika.

Daily use: Application wapas lene ki threaten di usne.

Word forms
Threat nThreaten vThreatening adjThreateningly adv
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Memory trick · Prashant Sir

Threaten यानी threat देना। 'यह करो, वरना नुक़सान करूँगा' — ऐसा कहना threaten करना है। इसका उल्टा प्यार भरे शब्द हैं: commend, compliment और approve।

THREATEN is simply 'to give a threat'. Someone who says 'Do this or I will harm you' is threatening. The book's opposites are the kind words: commend, compliment and approve.

Exam note

Threaten के antonym में Commend, Compliment, Approve और Reassure आते हैं। Synonym में menace, intimidate और endanger।

Antonym options for Threaten: Commend, Compliment, Approve, Reassure. Synonyms asked are menace, intimidate and endanger.

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