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threatener

threatener noun: one who threatens.

Noun

threatener (plural threateners)

  1. One who threatens.
    • If the threatenee says that the plan makes them feel safe, the threatener may come back into the mainstream of the school under the conditions of the plan.2022, Scott Ervin, The Classroom Behavior Manual

threatener meaning in Sanskrit

threatener in Sanskrit

a threatener, reviler
भर्त्सक bhartsaka

Forms of threatener

pluralthreateners

Origin of threatener

From threaten + -er.

Questions about threatener

What does threatener mean?
Threatener means one who threatens.
What is threatener in Sanskrit?
Threatener in Sanskrit is भर्त्सक (bhartsaka). See Threatener meaning in Sanskrit.
What part of speech is threatener?
Threatener is a noun.
What is the plural of threatener?
The plural of threatener is threateners.

Words near threatener in the dictionary

  1. threatened abortion
  2. threatened abortions
  3. threatened species
  4. threatenee
  5. threatenees
  6. threatener
  7. threateners
  8. threatenest
  9. threateneth
  10. threatenin'
  11. threatening

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Adapted from Wiktionary: threatener (page history and authors); भर्त्सक (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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