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What is another word for
threaten
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To state one's intention to take hostile action against (someone) in retribution for something done or not done
To be on the verge of inflicting harm or danger
To make a threat against someone
Seem likely to produce an unpleasant or unwelcome result
To rule over or control arbitrarily or arrogantly
Lessen the effectiveness, power, or ability of, especially gradually or insidiously
Intimidating for money
Attack
Cast a shadow over
To say something quickly and irritably
To determine the future or the fate of something in advance
To come face to face with (someone) with hostile or argumentative intent
Talk in a loud, aggressive, or indignant way with little effect
To make a loud, deep cry
To come close in quantity or quality
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Verb
▲
To state one's intention to take hostile action against (someone) in retribution for something done or not done
bully
cow
intimidate
menace
terrorise
UK
terrorize
US
browbeat
pressurise
UK
pressurize
US
scare
frighten
warn
alarm
abuse
admonish
blackmail
bluster
caution
comminate
enforce
forewarn
fulminate
growl
scowl
snarl
spook
torment
lean on
flex muscles
issue threats to
look daggers
make threat
make threats against
make threats to
push around
threaten to harm
threaten to kill
walk heavy
shake fist at
coerce
bulldoze
strong-arm
blackjack
force
compel
hector
dragoon
tyrannize
US
pressure
harass
domineer
mau-mau
constrain
tyrannise
UK
badger
hound
bogart
railroad
bullyrag
oppress
bludgeon
pick on
oblige
harry
drive
impel
persecute
press
nag
push
ride roughshod over
terrify
influence
put pressure on
use strong-arm tactics on
put the screws on
buffalo
mistreat
sandbag
obligate
impress
muscle
make
victimize
US
squeeze
brainwash
goad
pester
victimise
UK
overbear
hustle
use pressure on
fast-talk
prevail on
act on
work on
bring pressure to bear on
put under an obligation
put the squeeze on
boss about
boss around
maltreat
plague
affright
overawe
awe
steamroller
ride
brutalize
US
brutalise
UK
kick around
appall
US
appal
UK
subjugate
tease
heckle
bait
dominate
prod
bounce
push about
twist someone's arm
despotize
press-gang
scare the bejesus out of
put heat on
put the frighteners on
twist somebody's arm
inhibit
trample on
tread on
vandalize
US
barbarize
kick about
lean
chivvy
worry
persuade
push someone around
castigate
ride roughshod
turn on the heat
irritate
hassle
swagger
vandalise
UK
urge
hinder
suppress
concuss
beset
repress
shotgun
restrict
petrify
put through the wringer
lord it over
put the chill on
annoy
antagonize
US
chivy
taunt
high pressure
twist one's arm
antagonise
UK
force somebody's hand
make an offer they can't refuse
put the arm on
tyrranize
aggrieve
distress
shock
panic
alarum
scarify
horrify
startle
fright
manhandle
misuse
overwhelm
overpower
strike terror in
dismay
strike terror into
upset
torture
mishandle
fill with terror
inspire panic in
put down
be cruel to
walk all over
play the heavy with
ill-treat
mess over
treat harshly
ill-use
be brutal to
venture
imperil
risk
compromise
endanger
hazard
peril
jeopard
adventure
jeopardize
US
scare to death
make things hot for someone
make it hot for someone
put the fear of God into
frighten out of your wits
portend
bother
jeopardise
UK
chill
loom
gamble with
impend
lower
bad-eye
ramrod
whip around
utter threats to
daunt
subdue
scare hell out of
unnerve
ruffle
scare off
more ❯
“I am a non-violent person and I would not intentionally
threaten
Mike or anyone else for that matter.”
Verb
▲
To be on the verge of inflicting harm or danger
be imminent
be likely
menace
overhang
be approaching
be brewing
be close
be gathering
be near
impend
loom
advance
approach
be anticipated
be at hand
be coming
be expected
be looming
be on the horizon
brewing
cloud
compromise
hang over
hover
hover over
impend over
lurk
pressure
be close at hand
be coming soon
be coming up
be forthcoming
be impending
be in prospect
be likely to happen
be dangerous
be in the wind
be just around the corner
be on the way
come on
creep up
hang over someone
be on the cards
hang over someone's head
be in the air
be in the offing
brew
portend
be threatening
be ominously close
be in the cards
draw near
await
be in the wings
gather force
overshadow
lower
imperil
forebode
jeopardize
US
hang
presage
frighten
appear
foreshadow
jeopardise
UK
put in jeopardy
put at risk
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make a threat against someone
endanger
imperil
jeopardise
UK
jeopardize
US
menace
peril
make vulnerable
be a danger to
be a threat to
expose to danger
put at risk
put on the line
put in jeopardy
drive a nail into the coffin of
risk
hazard
expose
compromise
jeopard
adventure
venture
gamble with
harm
injure
damage
chance
put in danger
pose a threat to
leave vulnerable
do harm to
be detrimental to
prejudice
stake
lay on the line
put someone's life on the line
leave defenseless
lay open
undermine
weaken
implicate
jeopardy
place in danger
put under suspicion
subject to loss
sell out
be careless with
chance something
make liable
overhang
hang over
hover over
impend over
gamble
loom over
bet
guess
dare
suggest
ask
presume
propose
suppose
try
submit
wager
go for broke
throw out
go out on limb
skate on thin ice
take a plunge
take a chance
take a chance with
expose to risk
leave unprotected
subject to
tempt fate
be prejudicial to
speculate
lay bare
play with fire
brave
play
assay
challenge
go out on a limb
stick your neck out
experiment with
make a stab at
stick one's neck out
gamble on
have a fling at
take the liberty
take the liberty of
take a crack at
leap before looking
run the risk
be caught short
run the chance
leave to luck
hang by a thread
run the risk of
go out of one's depth
more ❯
“Oil drilling would likely
threaten
and compromise B.C. industries, such as tourism, and commercial and recreational fishing.”
Verb
▲
Seem likely to produce an unpleasant or unwelcome result
presage
promise
announce
augur
bode
foreshadow
foretell
herald
portend
prophesy
indicate
mean
signal
signify
spell
warn of
betoken
forebode
foretoken
harbinger
amount to
be a warning of
give a warning of
point to
add up to
be a harbinger of
be an omen of
be an indication of
be a sign of
be evidence of
predict
forecast
denote
adumbrate
foreshow
omen
prognosticate
vaticinate
read
call
divine
forbode
bespeak
forewarn
prefigure
crystal-ball
foresee
soothsay
have a hunch
imply
purport
forewarn of
offer
stop
message
feel
sense
auspicate
previse
spae
intuit
mark
bid fair
designate
reveal
forespell
warn
forerun
sanction
preindicate
manifest
identify
to foreshadow
flag
be a presage of
be the harbinger of
call it
psych out
figure out
call the shots
have a feeling
be an omen
premonish
hint
be symptomatic of
be a symptom of
see coming
be in the cards
anticipate
suggest
envisage
project
envision
expect
foreknow
see
figure
apprehend
dope out
speculate
telegraph
make book
visualize
US
call the turn
visualise
UK
proclaim
estimate
calculate
conjecture
predetermine
guess
croak
reckon
say
gage
US
demonstrate
gather
determine
surmise
show
reason
imagine
conclude
gauge
UK
hint at
perceive
hazard a guess
tell of
see it coming
infer
tip
declare
plan
evidence
picture
suppose
presume
judge
disclose
prevision
psych it out
discern
forefeel
represent
espy
understand
fancy
preknow
believe
give notice of
crystal ball it
witness
think likely
express
import
symbolise
UK
symbolize
US
crystal ball
see in the cards
back
shadow
outline
obfuscate
intimate
darken
obscure
mist
cloud
sketch
prophecy
pronounce
nap
divulge
tell
psych
dope
see the future
be in the wind
think of
see future
declare arrival
give warning of
indicate the coming of
precede
call the shot
see something coming
conceive
view
vision
see in one's mind's eye
conceive of
typify
usher in
look
show in
ballyhoo
tout
assert
betide
note
be a forerunner
come before
display
insinuate
be a precursor of
pave the way for
open the way for
lead you to expect
seem likely
look like
evince
pave the way
testify
connote
lead to expect
show signs of
hold a probability of
hold probability
hold out hope
give hope
give hope of
record
register
attest
illustrate
give every indication of
show all the signs
lead one to expect
bring hope
reflect
prove
argue
betray
hypothesize
US
ascertain
give an indication of
give good grounds for expecting
hold out hopes of
be symptomatic
pinpoint
flag up
pin down
testify to
point at
peg
signpost
make known
bear witness to
button down
point toward
sign
deduce
theorize
US
posit
postulate
consider
presuppose
think
trust
deem
contemplate
suspect
daresay
assume
entertain
forespeak
halsen
premise
foretaste
hypothesise
UK
theorise
UK
size up
plan for
pre-empt
tell in advance
come to the conclusion
be inclined to think
bargain for
regard as likely
take for granted
take it
contemplate the possibility of
draw the inference
get the idea
plan on
watch for
bargain on
take it as given
be hopeful of
have sneaking suspicion
reckon on
count upon
count chickens
have a hunch of
wait for
be prepared for
count on
allow for
be afraid
be of the opinion
prepare for
bank on
figure on
think it likely
be afraid of
hope for
look for
crystal-ball divine
see handwriting on wall
more ❯
“There were heavy downpours even before Scotland's biggest rock and pop festival kicked off and the rain
threatened
to upstage the performers.”
Verb
▲
To rule over or control arbitrarily or arrogantly
domineer
dominate
tyrannise
UK
tyrannize
US
bully
browbeat
intimidate
oppress
hector
pressurise
UK
pressurize
US
bulldoze
rule
subjugate
persecute
terrorise
UK
terrorize
US
menace
boss
overbear
railroad
prevail
predominate
preponderate
reign
bluster
squeeze
swagger
bend
henpeck
boss around
boss about
strong-arm
ride roughshod over
push around
order about
order around
lean on
push about
dictate to
give orders to
lord it over
trample on
walk all over
rule the roost
call the shots
kick around
run the show
be overbearing
use strong-arm tactics on
keep under thumb
run things
put the screws on
be in the saddle
rule with an iron hand
lead by the nose
push the buttons
throw weight around
rule with a rod of iron
in the driver's seat
bend to one's will
harass
coerce
torment
hound
badger
cow
dragoon
pressure
harry
pick on
force
compel
pester
bludgeon
bullyrag
blackjack
frighten
bogart
mau-mau
victimize
US
nag
victimise
UK
constrain
push
ride
mistreat
maltreat
abuse
scare
scold
overawe
steamroller
berate
repress
goad
oblige
bother
buffalo
despotize
enslave
enforce
torture
put pressure on
treat harshly
twist someone's arm
tread on
kick about
command
push someone around
give orders
tell what to do
drive
impel
castigate
lean
twist somebody's arm
put heat on
put the frighteners on
press
put through the wringer
put the chill on
hustle
prod
brainwash
tyrranize
aggrieve
distress
persuade
influence
have under one's thumb
throw one's weight around
throw one's weight about
pull rank on
hassle
manhandle
bring pressure to bear on
heckle
misuse
overwhelm
overpower
brutalize
US
brutalise
UK
mishandle
disparage
taunt
prevail on
walk heavy
ride roughshod
fast-talk
put under an obligation
act on
put the squeeze on
press-gang
work on
use pressure on
turn on the heat
annoy
reproach
revile
provoke
afflict
override
upbraid
grip
haze
put down
be cruel to
play the heavy with
ill-treat
mess over
ill-use
be brutal to
suppress
carp
dictate
crush
trample
criticize
US
terrify
niggle
dog
chide
needle
tyrannize over
be autocratic
daunt
subdue
keep down
hold down
triumph
obtain
bug
irritate
pick at
cavil
fuss
domineer over
unnerve
be prevalent
grind down
criticise
UK
peck at
trample underfoot
awe
ruffle
be supreme
rule despotically
affright
spook
treat brutally
bring someone to their knees
have someone under your thumb
keep someone under one's thumb
find fault
appall
US
plague
appal
UK
hold sway
be customary
be the order of the day
give a hard time
scare off
scare the bejesus out of
worry
bait
trouble
molest
tease
alarm
eat
disconcert
exploit
fleece
blackmail
vex
devil
bedevil
exasperate
bleed
attack
irk
prey on
take advantage of
dismay
give someone a hard time
abash
cheat
swindle
psych out
rattle
chivvy
nettle
disturb
discomfit
faze
peeve
heavy
rile
aggravate
agitate
issue threats to
nark
grate
pique
rasp
gripe
itch
frost
get
spite
gall
chafe
put out
burn up
pursue
hack off
hunt
get to
be on your back
rattle one's cage
drive up the wall
extort
make things hot for someone
make it hot for someone
inhibit
hog
vandalize
US
barbarize
dishearten
petrify
showboat
embarrass
master
give someone hell
subject
overcome
make
antagonize
US
chivy
antagonise
UK
vandalise
UK
get on someone's back
cajole
deter
discourage
impress
turn the screws on
tighten the screws on
hoodwink
trick
blind someone with something
take someone's breath away
warn
upset
fluster
confuse
unsettle
con
anger
stress
manipulate
perturb
flurry
disquiet
snarl
comminate
fulminate
admonish
scowl
caution
forewarn
growl
wring
discountenance
discompose
stir
catch
venture
peril
jeopard
adventure
jeopardize
US
imperil
risk
compromise
endanger
hazard
affect
throw
put off
stress out
mither
beleaguer
discombobulate
shake up
miff
make nervous
treat unfairly
step on
suck dry
noodge
jerk around
play on
walk over
drive round the twist
drive round the bend
live off the backs of
take for a ride
impose on
try
perplex
put one over on
burn
rip off
macerate
breathe down someone's neck
keep on at
give a bad time
despoil
pain
foray
withhold rights from
give someone grief
gnaw
strain
throw off balance
make threats against
threaten to harm
flex muscles
look daggers
make threat
threaten to kill
make threats to
portend
jeopardise
UK
chill
gamble with
impend
lower
loom
bad-eye
stump
put into a flap
put someone off their stroke
furbelow
abrade
floor
wind up
get across
fret
frill
cause someone to lose their composure
disrupt
flummox
throw into a tizz
wear
excite
throw into tizzy
fuddle
shake fist at
preoccupy
live off
haunt
depress
burden
load
plunder
feed on
depredate
seize
consume
live on
kill
devour
tax
raid
weigh
whip around
utter threats to
scare hell out of
crucify
outrage
injure
expel
wrong
beat
exile
single out
get the knife into
stick the knife into
be on one's case
more ❯
Verb
▲
Lessen the effectiveness, power, or ability of, especially gradually or insidiously
undermine
weaken
sabotage
subvert
damage
hurt
impair
compromise
disable
injure
cripple
diminish
reduce
ruin
sap
enfeeble
hinder
impede
mar
spoil
botch
shake
debilitate
disempower
eat away
whittle away
attenuate
blunt
challenge
corrode
demoralise
UK
demoralize
US
dent
destabilise
UK
destabilize
US
dig
emasculate
foil
foul up
frustrate
mine
sandbag
soften
thwart
torpedo
tunnel
wear
wreck
dig out
drag through the mud
hollow out
chip away at
clip one's wings
queer the pitch of
poke full of holes
knock the bottom out of
put the kibosh on
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
throw a spanner in the works of
destroy
harm
disrupt
break
lessen
undo
demolish
decrease
smash
upset
crush
devastate
shatter
mess up
blight
prejudice
invalidate
queer
consume
erode
wear away
use up
whittle
unsettle
have a bad effect on
dislocate
pull the rug out from under
undercut
minimise
UK
minimize
US
detract
demean
belittle
chip away
knock off balance
strike at the foundations
scupper
scotch
endanger
imperil
jeopardize
US
vitiate
be detrimental to
bodge
blow
worsen
jeopardise
UK
deteriorate
be prejudicial to
put at risk
be disadvantageous to
play havoc with
enervate
be deleterious to
deface
flaw
disfigure
endamage
bloody
blemish
crab
tarnish
disqualify
devalue
tweak
unfit
cheapen
devaluate
debase
ding
total
cross up
make useless
lose strength
rough up
hamper
interrupt
terminate
attack
nullify
eradicate
dispatch
stymie
incapacitate
ravage
dash
quash
eliminate
prevent
end
obliterate
annul
block
quell
abolish
kill
extinguish
decimate
bollix
annihilate
suppress
abort
obstruct
break down
interfere with
break up
screw up
intrude on
muck up
moderate
defile
dilute
mangle
cut
ease
abate
depress
taint
vandalize
US
trash
degrade
take the edge off
deaden
dampen
lower
dull
mitigate
thin
stifle
alleviate
vandalise
UK
temper
deplete
water down
corrupt
dwindle
scar
sully
de-escalate
adulterate
tone down
louse up
distort
curtail
wind down
maim
despoil
assuage
numb
lighten
drop
deform
cut back
uglify
mutilate
limit
benumb
curb
check
contract
paralyse
UK
lace
allay
shrink
paralyze
US
taper
wound
damp
blot
disfeature
palliate
impoverish
downsize
extend
denature
depreciate
pollute
wane
soothe
ebb
downscale
sophisticate
slash
alloy
make less
abridge
cut down
put a damper on
peter out
roll back
ease off
tail off
cause detriment to
desensitize
US
stultify
dilapidate
crool
raze
desecrate
devitalize
scratch
repress
retard
subside
dismantle
subdue
muffle
stun
unnerve
obtund
narrow
shock
stupefy
mollify
relieve
cauterize
US
relax
tame
cushion
wrench
desensitise
UK
dim
restrain
decrement
contaminate
decline
downgrade
make unattractive
shake up
make smaller
truncate
cauterise
UK
dial down
doctor
mix
slacken
taper off
drop off
dope
make ugly
smash up
be a blot on the landscape
spike
knock down
sink
take the bite out
take the sting out
make impure
bring down
thin out
do harm to
pare down
make a mess of
plant
minify
transfuse
amalgamate
dissolve
infiltrate
blend
slow down
intermix
phony up
commingle
shave
falsify
cook
mingle
clip
irrigate
doctor up
inhibit
ravish
refute
stain
twist
disfashion
poison
afflict
load
blast
inconvenience
scorch
wither
batter
tag
gut
sour
color
US
colour
UK
drive a nail into the coffin of
bend
bruise
warp
rebut
discredit
negate
cramp
shorten
take out
detract from
smirch
nick
besmirch
spray paint
contort
misshape
cost
hamstring
sap the strength of
wreak havoc on
scale down
have a negative effect on
cut down on
slim down
make fewer
turn down
cut back on
handle roughly
mute
throw a monkey wrench into
put out of action
put out of commission
cause the loss of
cause the sacrifice of
result in damage to
lead to the end of
result in harm to
restrict
bankrupt
disturb
wear down
axe
UK
pare
dry up
trim
run down
ax
US
make cutbacks in
extenuate
amortise
UK
take down
trim back
qualify
amortize
US
step down
couch
trim down
mark down
cast down
tighten
soften up
dump on
do mischief to
cow
infringe
encroach on
dispirit
defeat
bust
discount
prune
overwhelm
vanquish
overcome
overpower
demote
tranquilize
US
anaesthetize
UK
smother
disrate
humiliate
quiet
exhaust
anesthetize
US
etherize
chloroform
KO
drown
freeze
slow
gas
deprive
tire
rain on someone's parade
sedate
place a limit on
foul
bastardize
US
waste
plunder
depredate
sack
pillage
disgrace
squash
desolate
spoliate
knock out
put out of order
put an end to
put to sleep
get rid of
lay out
daze
narcotize
torpefy
drug
rout
take apart
tranquillize
UK
render insensitive
dullen
mix with
bastardise
UK
infect
tamper with
bring to ruin
bring someone to their knees
cause instability
fall
let up
fade
grow less
remit
recede
relent
grow smaller
get less
drop away
die down
quieten
pall
flag
desist
die off
plummet
nosedive
waste away
come down
slump
go down
calm
cool
blur
become smaller
drain
amputate
close
die out
phase down
die away
fall away
crop
slack up
ratchet down
drain away
soft-pedal
sate
appease
slake
hebetate
more ❯
Verb
▲
Intimidating for money
blackmail
milk
bleed
compel
exact
force
squeeze
coerce
dragoon
intimidate
wrest
wring
extort
press-gang
badger
bribe
demand
extract
ransom
shake
extort money from
shake down
demand hush money from
hold to ransom
put the shake on
screw
bully
rack
fleece
cheat
gouge
skin
ice
secure
get
stick
obtain
pinch
sting
wrench
soak
clip
blackmail someone for
hold up
put screws to
obtain by threats
put the arm on
worm something out of someone
pull one's leg
put the bite on someone for
obtain under duress
make pay through nose
obtain by force
obtain by threat
elicit
strangle
overcharge
surcharge
pressurise
UK
constrain
pressure
oppress
pressurize
US
swindle
bleed someone of something
arm-twist
worm out
hold a knife to
drag
assault
ravish
blast
defile
pry
burst
twist
use violence on
more ❯
Verb
▲
Attack
come at
attack
fly
jump
leap
leap at
pounce
assail
assault
charge
fall upon
fly at
go for
invade
light into
rush
beset
storm
go in on
descend upon
sick
bushwhack
turn on
pounce on
pounce upon
trash
blitz
raid
jump on
sic
tear into
set upon
set on
descend on
strike
lay into
infiltrate
set in on
go in
make a foray on
make a raid on
attempt to capture
make an onslaught on
take by storm
capture
make a sortie on
take
aggress
swoop on
take down
penetrate
conduct an offensive on
surge into
march into
take on
surge over
belabour
UK
launch oneself at
work over
weigh into
besiege
sail into
let fly at
impugn
hit out at
have a go at
maltreat
mug
fall on
lash out at
accost
set about
wade into
beat up
round on
lace into
have at
launch an attack on
make an assault on
belabor
US
bust
let someone have it
encounter
get stuck into
pitch into
beat
thrash
pummel
US
batter
paste
pummelled
UK
hit
pound
rough up
hammer
wallop
bombard
pelt
ambush
knock about
knock around
ravage
beat up on
drub
do over
overwhelm
overrun
thump
strafe
shell
maraud
plunder
strike at
cannonade
blast
pepper
permeate
beat the living daylights out of
harry
fusillade
harass
fire on
fire at
pillage
shower
go at
occupy
bomb
lambaste
advance on
strike out at
pervade
torpedo
give someone a beating
barrage
descend
duff up
infest
swarm
overspread
conquer
set at
take over
swarm over
seize
secure
hurt
open fire on
converge on
breach
abuse
harm
rake
surprise
infringe
devastate
beleaguer
close in on
sweep
enfilade
blitzkrieg
assault physically
surround
enter
flood
riddle
march on
fill
infect
plague
inundate
foray into
duff someone up
run at
lay siege to
spread through
encircle
spread over
fire upon
open fire
make inroads on
worry
fire a broadside at
pester
rain down on
launch an attack
run riot over
lash
berate
terrorize
US
beat someone up
terrorise
UK
lash out
scatter
overcome
sally
slam
lambast
tackle
savage
potshot
excoriate
castigate
bash
scathe
vituperate
charge at
waylay
shoot down
fight
quarrel
search
dive into
blindside
rush at
spring on
kick
bean
smash
clock
boot
sally forth
swoop down upon
bother
clip
launch at
spring at
rush upon
approach
slog
larrup
brain
bop
smite
biff
swoop
rain
hold up
lie in wait for
oppress
boff
bat
blister
punch
cook
wade in
afflict
lunge at
whop
club
stab
come close to
move in on
lapidate
chop down
strike out
rob
sack
knock cold
make a raid
mortar
stone
assault someone
press hard
attack repeatedly
launch
catapult
lay into someone
fall on someone
deal a blow
set upon someone
fall upon someone
make an assault
make an attack
deal a blow to
sling at
hurl at
cast at
throw at
come closer to
draw nearer to
draw near to
move closer to
press on towards
move close to
knock block off
jostle
throng
perfuse
imbue
pour
drop
fall
volley
turn to violence
ransack
depredate
despoil
appear
arrive
knock for a loop
crawl through
swarm around
crowd
defile
crawl all over
crawl over
abound in
pollute
press
pack
hustle
teem
mob
flock
crowd around
hassle
crowd round
battle
probe
reave
spoliate
hail
rain something down on
annex
US
draw near
bear down on
advance
drop in
come in force
show up
arrive in hordes
beat down upon
turn up
diffuse through
swamp
gain
win
get at
wreak havoc on
violate
combat
be disseminated through
flow through
exceed
encroach
outrun
overshoot
overgrow
surpass
meddle
inroad
burglarise
UK
crash
colonise
UK
access
overswarm
parasitize
US
burglarize
US
loot
trespass
foray
colonize
US
entrench
annexe
UK
parasitise
UK
interfere
break
overpass
choke
overstep
overreach
outreach
transcend
overflow
lay waste to
begin hostilities
rout
infringe on
deluge
surge
spill
flow over
go beyond
take the offensive
begin an assault
make inroads
burst in on
burst in
muscle in
run over
spread like wildfire over
grow over
run on
spread like wildfire
well over
blockade
invest
encompass
confine
enclose
leaguer
environ
block off
congregate
shut in
shut off
hem in
trap
siege
work on
hedge in
come at from all sides
more ❯
Verb
▲
Cast a shadow over
cast a shadow over
chill
dampen
darken
eclipse
hang over
loom over
spoil
Verb
▲
To say something quickly and irritably
snarl
scowl
sneer
snap
growl
grumble
thunder
mutter
hurl
roar
bark
fling
fulminate
bluster
complain
murmur
abuse
mumble
quarrel
say angrily
say brusquely
say roughly
say nastily
speak brusquely
speak angrily
speak nastily
speak roughly
lash out
lash out at
round on someone
jump down someone's throat
fly off the handle at
shout
yell
bellow
grunt
holler
bawl
cry
howl
say abruptly
gnarl
clamour
UK
clamor
US
scream
hiss
bay
vociferate
call
screech
hollo
halloo
sound off
speak abruptly
retort
rumble
rasp
shriek
yelp
vent
lumber
snort
whoop
raise your voice
call out
yammer
speak sharply
yowl
cheer
ululate
splutter
gnar
gurl
gurgle
utter
roll
yap
rejoin
riposte
spit
express
sputter
curse
rail
declaim
flare
retaliate
yell at
utter threat
snap back
snuffle
gnarr
berate
get angry
jump down throat
squeal
take it out on
squawk
grump
exclaim
crow
hail
hoot
bell
sing
cooee
yawp
sing out
cackle
moan
sigh
caterwaul
shout out
holler out
caw
gabble
groan
trill
yoo-hoo
grouse
grizzle
boom
cry out
trumpet
rout
more ❯
Verb
▲
To determine the future or the fate of something in advance
doom
condemn
destine
sentence
fate
foreordain
predestine
preordain
consign
foredoom
ordain
certain
judge
mean
predetermine
assured
bound
decree
guaranteed
sure
very likely
sound the death knell
prearrange
determine
mark out
decide
intend
reserve
chance
issue
effect
foretell
assign
preform
earmark
design
prescribe
predestinate
destinate
foreshadow
curse
guarantee
bless
portion
designate
will
encode
predispose
program
US
fix
preplan
foredetermine
programme
UK
set
schedule
bind
predoom
convict
suit
make
luck
devote
purpose
appoint
pass sentence on
mark someone out for
consecrate
allot
dedicate
doom to
plan
aim
propose
contemplate
aspire
expect
hope
wish
calculate
want
look
allow
scheme
envisage
purport
desire
go
meditate
have every intention
foresee
have the intention
be looking
be going
have plans
be determined
resolve
attempt
be resolved
have resolved
be plotting
essay
try
connote
strive
plot
endeavour
UK
indicate
think
endeavor
US
anticipate
have in view
set apart
think of
have set out
have in mind
look forward
hope to
have it in mind
figure on
aspire to
add up
set aside
more ❯
Verb
▲
To come face to face with (someone) with hostile or argumentative intent
confront
defy
tackle
beard
challenge
face
brave
oppose
accost
resist
approach
assault
attack
meet
brazen
breast
dare
detain
encounter
outbrave
outface
waylay
collar
halt
nobble
stop
affront
antagonise
UK
antagonize
US
call out
cope with
deal with
flout
front
provoke
repel
scorn
square up to
take aside
withstand
face off
meet head-on
brazen out
face down
face up to
face with
go one-on-one
meet eyeball-to-eyeball
stand up to
tell off
call one's bluff
come up against
go up against
make my day
come face to face with
disregard
urge
cope
bully
denounce
outdare
mock
spurn
insult
laugh at
muster courage
square off
take one on
run the gauntlet
throw down gauntlet
knock chip off shoulder
step over the line
take on
venture
fly in face of
endure
bear
suffer
take
handle
fight
risk
tolerate
sustain
cross
stand
swallow
stomach
court
meet head on
be confronted by
grapple with
stand up against
stare down
weather
throw down the gauntlet at
put up with
undergo
stick out
sit through
resign oneself to
subject oneself to
go through
bear the brunt of
prevail against
brace oneself for
stand fast
grin and bear
ride out
outstare
put a bold face on it
put on a bold front
hold your own
stand your ground
face out
stand one's ground
face up
be defiant
stick to your guns
stay the course
browbeat
overawe
cow
intimidate
brave out
live out
live through
fly in the face of
sit and take it
square off against
be patient with
disobey
engage
overcome
beat
contemn
battle
experience
rebel
repulse
stick
ridicule
deride
gibe
despise
slight
countenance
eyeball
stare out
look straight in the eye
play
abide
brook
allow
stick fast
call someone's bluff
take a stand against
hurl defiance at
hold out against
hang tough
treat with contempt
put up a fight against
brace for
contend with
submit to
play against
be drawn against
make a stand
bit the bullet
take the bull by the horns
more ❯
Verb
▲
Talk in a loud, aggressive, or indignant way with little effect
bluster
rant
boast
swagger
brag
bully
crow
fulminate
huff
rave
roar
spout
storm
thunder
vaunt
bray
bulldoze
domineer
hector
roister
badger
blow
brazen
bridle
bristle
browbeat
complain
cow
gloat
harangue
intimidate
protest
puff
rage
strut
swell
vapour
UK
vapor
US
waft
yap
be overbearing
lord it
show off
talk big
ride the high horse
shoot off one's mouth
gasconade
exult
swank
bull
congratulate oneself
skite
showboat
grandstand
flaunt
flourish
big-note oneself
blow one's own horn
aggrandize
pat oneself on the back
blow your own horn
flatter oneself
blow your own trumpet
rodomontade
triumph
glory
parade
exaggerate
preen oneself
prate
blow hard
cock-a-doodle-doo
lay it on thick
give oneself airs
attract attention
blow smoke
give a good account of oneself
trumpet
posture
pose
mouth
hotdog
jive
shuck
exult in
fake
con
advertize
advertise
put on airs
blow one's own trumpet
sing your own praises
fly your own kite
sing one's own praises
declare
proclaim
hyperbolize
disclose
speak for Buncombe
shoot the bull
overstate
divulge
reveal
talk boastingly
rejoice
sling
flatter yourself
shovel
shoot
preen
psych
congratulate yourself on
be proud of
attitudinize
sound off
pride yourself on
hug oneself
hot-dog
delight
lay on thick
shoot one's mouth off
pontificate
sweep
peacock
swashbuckle
sway
lord
saunter
brandish
flounce
brag about
revel
crow about
show and tell
draw attention to
joy
exuberate
strike a pose
make a spectacle of
cop an attitude
swagger around
advertize oneself
put on an act
strike an attitude
draw attention to oneself
shoot your mouth off
self-glorify
behave affectedly
put on
look big
kvell
parade one's wares
play to the gallery
play to the crowd
jubilate
take delight in
kick up one's heels
glory in
be smug
pride oneself
gurgle
cackle
call
whoop
babble
gas
triumph over
rub it in
impress
play to the cheap seats
masquerade
prance
be ostentatious
hot dog
flaunt it
affect
skylark
display
playact
pass off
put up a front
act up
name-drop
perform
play up
ham it up
ham up
play to audience
put on side
give yourself airs
swash
make one's presence felt
make a splash
make your presence felt
draw attention to itself
get noticed
turn heads
be vain
act
esteem
extol
acclaim
revere
feign
celebrate
profess
pretend
disguise yourself
make believe
play the part of
sham
impersonate
purport
assume an attitude
take off as
make out like
exhibit
flash
promote
laud
hype
push
make a show
do something for effect
pass for
fake it
do for effect
try to attract attention
do a bit
give oneself airs about
show off about
make much of
gloat over
boast about
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make a loud, deep cry
thunder
roar
bellow
shout
yell
bark
bawl
bay
cry
holler
vociferate
call
clamor
US
clamour
UK
growl
halloo
hollo
howl
scream
screech
curse
declaim
fulminate
rail
ululate
yowl
gnarl
snarl
sound off
utter threat
yell at
shriek
whoop
yelp
cry out
wail
call out
yawp
cheer
caterwaul
squeal
squawk
yap
hoot
raise your voice
bluster
exclaim
yammer
sing out
boom
squall
blare
trumpet
hail
bray
shrill
rout
cooee
sing
yip
raise one's voice
speak loudly
raise voice
call at the top of your voice
yoo-hoo
brawl
announce
huzzah
hurrah
protest
utter
proclaim
press
screak
rumble
call at the top of one's voice
yoo hoo
voice
lament
complain
weep
urge
demand
claim
snap
speak out
speak up
talk loudly
insist on
make a claim for
low
beller
say brusquely
berate
speak brusquely
crow
hiss
bell
say abruptly
say angrily
mutter
grumble
speak angrily
speak abruptly
cackle
moan
sigh
grunt
caw
gabble
groan
trill
shout out
holler out
ejaculate
blurt out
jeer
boo
taunt
blat
bolt
burst out with
spit
emit
keen
heckle
whistle
whine
catcall
burst out
hurl
blurt
utter suddenly
outcry
abuse
retort
scowl
come out with
sneer
shout down
vent
rasp
snort
make a noise
say nastily
say roughly
speak sharply
say
pipe up
let everybody know
greet
speak clearly
huzza
hoop
woof
mourn
sob
squeak
call hello to
rap out
quest
whimper
blubber
speak more loudly
give
declare
shudder
career
skid
judder
shout loudly
interrupt
grate
cheep
creak
peep
scream bloody murder
state
figure
assert
deride
gibe
rejoin
riposte
speak roughly
speak nastily
appeal
raise Cain
din
debate
insist
raise the roof
give the bird to
dispute
put up a howl
agitate
mock
flare
retaliate
fly off the handle at
snap back
lash out
jump down throat
get angry
take it out on
round on someone
lash out at
jump down someone's throat
call aloud
say loudly
send forth
give forth
let loose
rend the air
barrack
shout at
express
splutter
sputter
scoff
scorn
razz
guffaw
blow raspberries
more ❯
Verb
▲
To come close in quantity or quality
approach
nudge
reach
approximate
border
touch
be almost
bear down on
be close to
be comparable to
be like
be similar to
border on
close in on
come close to
come near
come near to
come to
come within reach of
compare with
creep up on
draw near
draw near to
draw up to
go up to
move in on
move toward
resemble
verge on
verge upon
add up to
amount to
come up to
correspond to
equal
match
measure up to
stack up against
touch on
be near to
get on for
be not a million miles away from
near
be tantamount to
be not unlike
be not dissimilar to
approximate to
look like
guesstimate
equal roughly
estimate
guess
reckon
value
assess
appraise
get close to
be verging on
come close
stack up against or with
echo
contact
join
abut
compare
impinge
neighbour
UK
parallel
connect
lie next to
neighbor
US
march
adjoin
lie near
more ❯
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