Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class VI. Words Relating to the Sentient and Moral Powers
Section III. Sympathetic Affections
2. Diffusive Sympathetic Affections

909. Threat.

   NOUN:THREAT, menace; defiance [See Defiance]; abuse, minacity [rare], minaciousness, intimidation; denunciation; fulmination; commination (curse) [See Malediction]; gathering clouds (warning) [See Warning].
   VERB:THREATEN, threat, menace; snarl, growl, gnarl, mutter, bark, bully.
  defy [See Defiance]; intimidate [See Fear]; keep -, hold up -, hold out- in terrorem [L.]; shake -, double -, clinch- the fist at; thunder, talk big, fulminate, use big words, bluster, look daggers.
   ADJECTIVE:THREATENING, menacing, minatory, minacious, comminatory, abusive; in terrorem [L.]; ominous (predicting) [See Prediction]; defiant [See Defiance]; under the ban.
   INTERJECTION:væ victis! at your peril! do your worst! look out!    QUOTATIONS:

1. Nemo me impune lacessit.
2. An eye like Mars, to threaten and command.—Hamlet