Chapter Thoughtful to Tide over of T by Soule's Synonymes

Threaten, v. a.

1. Menace, denounce.

2. Portend, presage, forebode, augur, foreshadow, prognosticate, indicate.

Threaten, v. n.

1. Use threats, use menaces.

2. Impend, be near at hand, be imminent, stare one in the face.

Threatening, a.

1. Menacing, minatory, minacious, comminatory.

2. Impending, impendent, imminent.

Threatening, n. Commination, threat, denunciation, menace, menacing.

Three-capsuled, a. (Bot.) Tricapsular.

Three-celled, a. (Bot.) Trilocular.

Three-cleft, a. (Bot.) Trifid.

Three-grained, a. (Bot.) Tricoccous.

Three-leaved, a. (Bot.) Triphyllous, trifoliate.

Threescore, a. Sixty, thrice twenty.

Three sheets in the wind. (Sailor’s phrase.) Tipsy, fuddled, somewhat intoxicated, the worse for liquor, having had a drop too much, half-seas-over.

Three-valved, a. Trivalvular.

Threnetic, a. Sorrowful, mournful, dirge-like.

Threnody, n. Song of lamentation, lament, requiem, dirge.

Thresh, v. a. See Thrash.

Threshold, n.

1. Doorsill.

2. Entrance, gate, door.