to threaten is a form of:

Threaten



verbpast tense: threatened ; past participle: threatened ; present participle: threatening ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) (to make threats against, to be a sign of) សំឡុត, គំរាមកំហែង, គំរាមកំហែង
2.
(បច្ចេកទេស) គំរាម, ធ្វើការព្រមាន, ប្រើធ្វើជាការគំរាម
ENGLISH MEANING
verbpast tense: threatened ; past participle: threatened ; present participle: threatening ;
1.
(INTRANSITIVE) To use threats, or menaces; also, to have a threatening appearance.
2.
(TRANSITIVE) To utter threats against; to menace; to inspire with apprehension; to alarm, or attempt to alarm, as with the promise of something evil or disagreeable; to warn.
3.
(TRANSITIVE) To exhibit the appearance of (something evil or unpleasant) as approaching; to indicate as impending; to announce the conditional infliction of; as, to threaten war; to threaten death.