Threating
noun
1.
a declaration of an intention or determination to inflict punishment, injury, etc., in retaliation for, or conditionally upon, some action or course; menace:
He confessed under the threat of imprisonment.
2.
an indication or warning of probable trouble:
The threat of a storm was in the air.
3.
a person or thing that threatens.
verb (used with or without object)
4.
Archaic. to threaten.
noun
1.
a declaration of the intention to inflict harm, pain, or misery
2.
an indication of imminent harm, danger, or pain
3.
a person or thing that is regarded as dangerous or likely to inflict pain or misery
verb
4.
an archaic word for threaten
see: triple threat
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