A promise given under a threat is worthless.
Source: tatoeba (18943)
Threat
//ˈθɹet//
Synonyms for "threat" (71 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (35)
Noun(4 words)
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15 entriesTranslations
176 translations across 78 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- kërcënim noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀπειλή noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Arabic
1 entries- تَهْدِيد noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Armenian
1 entries- սպառնալիք noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Aromanian
2 entries- fuverã noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- fuverã noun (indication of imminent danger)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- hədə noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- hədə-qorxu noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- təhdid noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Basque
1 entries- mehatxu noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Belarusian
1 entries- пагро́за noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- धमकी noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Bulgarian
1 entries- запла́ха noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Catalan
4 entries- amenaça noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- amenaça noun (indication of imminent danger)
- amenaça noun (person regarded as a danger)
- perill públic noun (person regarded as a danger)
Cebuano
2 entries- bahad noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- hulga noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- ھەڕەشە noun (indication of imminent danger)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 威脅 /威胁 noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 危險 /危险 noun (indication of imminent danger)
- 威脅 /威胁 noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Czech
4 entries- hrozba noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- hrozba noun (indication of imminent danger)
- hrozba noun (person regarded as a danger)
- ohrožení noun (indication of imminent danger)
Danish
1 entries- trussel noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Dari
1 entries- تَهْدِید noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Dutch
3 entries- bedreiging noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- dreigement noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- dreiging noun (indication of imminent danger)
Esperanto
2 entries- minaco noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- minaculo noun (person regarded as a danger)
Estonian
2 entries- oht noun (indication of imminent danger)
- ähvardus noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Finnish
3 entries- uhka noun (indication of imminent danger)
- uhka noun (person regarded as a danger)
- uhkaus noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
French
3 entries- danger public noun (person regarded as a danger)
- menace noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- menace noun (indication of imminent danger)
Galician
3 entries- ameaza noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- ameaza noun (indication of imminent danger)
- ameaza noun (person regarded as a danger)
Georgian
2 entries- მუქარა noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- საფრთხე noun (indication of imminent danger)
German
2 entries- Bedrohung noun (indication of imminent danger)
- Drohung noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Greek
3 entries- απειλή noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- απειλή noun (indication of imminent danger)
- απειλή noun (person regarded as a danger)
Hebrew
1 entries- אִיּוּם noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Hindi
2 entries- जोखिम noun (indication of imminent danger)
- धमकी noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Hungarian
2 entries- fenyegetés noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- veszély noun (indication of imminent danger)
Icelandic
1 entries- hótun noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Indonesian
2 entries- ancaman noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- ancaman noun (indication of imminent danger)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- تَهْدید noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Italian
4 entries- minaccia noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- minaccia noun (indication of imminent danger)
- minaccia noun (person regarded as a danger)
- pericolo a popolo noun (person regarded as a danger)
Japanese
4 entries- 脅かし noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- 脅威 noun (indication of imminent danger)
- 脅威 noun (person regarded as a danger)
- 脅迫 noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Javanese
2 entries- bebaya noun (indication of imminent danger)
- inciman noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Kabuverdianu
2 entries- amiasa noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- amiasá noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Kazakh
4 entries- байбалам noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- қауіп noun (indication of imminent danger)
- қорқыту noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- үркіту noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Khmer
3 entries- ការគំរាមកំហែង noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- សីហលោ noun (person regarded as a danger)
- សំដីឈ្លានពាន noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Korean
4 entries- 위험 noun (indication of imminent danger)
- 위협 noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- 협박 noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- 협위 noun (indication of imminent danger)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- коркунуч noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- опуза noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Latin
4 entries- minacia noun (person regarded as a danger)
- minax noun (person regarded as a danger)
- minācia noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- minātiō noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Latvian
1 entries- draudi noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Lithuanian
2 entries- grasinimas noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- grėsmė noun (indication of imminent danger)
Macedonian
1 entries- закана noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Malagasy
1 entries- fandrahonana noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Malay
2 entries- ancaman noun (person regarded as a danger)
- ugutan noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Mongolian
2 entries- аюул занал noun (indication of imminent danger)
- занал noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Māori
1 entries- kapatau noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- gef noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- tehdît noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- trussel noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- trussel noun (indication of imminent danger)
- trussel noun (person regarded as a danger)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- trussel noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- trussel noun (indication of imminent danger)
- trussel noun (person regarded as a danger)
Occitan
1 entries- menaça noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Old English
1 entries- þrēa noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Oromo
1 entries- doorsisa noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قورقو noun (indication of imminent danger)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Jedreiw noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- Jedreiw noun (indication of imminent danger)
Polish
4 entries- groźba noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- pogróżka noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- zagrożenie noun (indication of imminent danger)
- zagrożenie noun (person regarded as a danger)
Portuguese
4 entries- ameaça noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- ameaça noun (indication of imminent danger)
- ameaça noun (person regarded as a danger)
- perigo público noun (person regarded as a danger)
Romanian
2 entries- amenințare noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- amenințare noun (indication of imminent danger)
Russian
4 entries- зло noun (person regarded as a danger)
- исто́чник опа́сности noun (person regarded as a danger)
- опа́сность noun (indication of imminent danger)
- угро́за noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- bagairt noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- bagradh noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- prijétnja noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- prijétnja noun (indication of imminent danger)
- prétnja noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- prétnja noun (indication of imminent danger)
Slovak
1 entries- hrozba noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Slovene
1 entries- grožnja noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Spanish
4 entries- amenaza noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- amenaza noun (indication of imminent danger)
- amenaza noun (person regarded as a danger)
- peligro público noun (person regarded as a danger)
Swahili
3 entries- tisho noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- tisho noun (indication of imminent danger)
- tisho noun (person regarded as a danger)
Swedish
3 entries- hot noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- hot noun (indication of imminent danger)
- hot noun (person regarded as a danger)
Tagalog
4 entries- bala noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- banta noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- banta noun (indication of imminent danger)
- banta noun (person regarded as a danger)
Tajik
1 entries- таҳдид noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Thai
3 entries- คำขู่ noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- ภยันตราย noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- ภัย noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Turkish
1 entries- tehdit noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Ukrainian
4 entries- загро́за noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- загро́за noun (indication of imminent danger)
- загро́за noun (person regarded as a danger)
- небезпе́ка noun (indication of imminent danger)
Urdu
4 entries- تَہْدِید noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- جوکِھم noun (indication of imminent danger)
- دَھمْکی noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- ڈَپَٹ noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Uyghur
1 entries- تەھدىد noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Uzbek
2 entries- doʻq noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- tahdid noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Vietnamese
3 entries- lời đe doạ noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
- mối hiểm hoạ noun (person regarded as a danger)
- uy hiếp noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Zazaki
1 entries- gef noun (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
Nuclear weapons are a threat to all humanity.
Source: tatoeba (21720)
Nuclear weapons are a threat to the human race.
Source: tatoeba (21723)
But the Nobel Committee said that poverty was a threat to world peace, and Mother Teresa worked against poverty.
Source: tatoeba (53639)
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