threatener
One who menaces
A threatener is someone who makes threats—expressing intention to cause harm, punishment, or damage: The threatener called three times before police traced the number.
The word appears most often in legal, security, or psychological contexts when discussing those who issue threats, whether credible or not.
One who threatens exposure
- extortionistOne who demands payment through threats
- coercerOne who forces compliance
- manipulatorOne who controls cunningly
- strong-armerOne who coerces physically
One who attacks another
- attackerOne who strikes first
- aggressorOne who initiates conflict
- antagonistOne who opposes another
- combatantOne who fights
invader · raider · militant · enemy · opponent · fighter · warrior · striker
One who causes anguish
- harasserOne who intimidates repeatedly
- intimidatorOne who threatens others
- oppressorOne who dominates cruelly
- tyrantCruel, absolute ruler
persecutor · thug · brute · ruffian · hoodlum · gangster · roughneck · rowdy
Source of potential harm
- intimidatorOne who threatens others
- prowlerOne who lurks suspiciously
- stalkerObsessive, unwelcome follower
- ominousSuggesting something bad approaches
foreboding · imposing · commanding · domineering · overbearing · forceful · intense · demanding
blackmailer
One who threatens exposure
- extortionistOne who demands payment through threats
- coercerOne who forces compliance
- manipulatorOne who controls cunningly
strong-armer · enforcer · demander · shakedown · ransom
assailant
One who attacks another
- attackerOne who strikes first
- aggressorOne who initiates conflict
- antagonistOne who opposes another
combatant · invader · raider · militant · enemy · opponent · fighter · warrior · striker · belligerent
tormentor
One who causes anguish
- harasserOne who intimidates repeatedly
- intimidatorOne who threatens others
- oppressorOne who dominates cruelly
tyrant · persecutor · thug · brute · ruffian · hoodlum · gangster · roughneck · rowdy · domineer
menace
Source of potential harm
- intimidatorOne who threatens others
- prowlerOne who lurks suspiciously
- stalkerObsessive, unwelcome follower
ominous · foreboding · imposing · commanding · domineering · overbearing · forceful · intense · demanding · unyielding
- criticscritic, critics, criticizer, criticizers, faultfinder
- threatening behaviorActions conveying potential harm
- life-threatening diseaseCondition endangering survival
- threatened speciesWildlife at extinction risk
- threatening witnessesCoercing those who observed
- threatened habitatsEcosystems at risk of destruction
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