about icon-addNote android4 Answer apple4 icon-appStoreEN icon-appStoreES icon-appStorePT icon-appStoreRU Imported Layers Copy 7 icon-arrow-spined icon-ask icon-attention icon-bubble-blue icon-bubble-red ButtonError ButtonLoader ButtonOk icon-cake icon-camera icon-card-add icon-card-calendar icon-card-remove icon-card-sort chrome-extension-ru chrome-extension-es-mx chrome-extension-pt-br chrome-extension-ru comment comment icon-cop-cut icon-cop-star Cross Dislike icon-editPen icon-entrance icon-errorBig facebook flag flag_vector icon-globe icon-googlePlayEN icon-googlePlayRU icon-greyLoader icon-cake Heart 4EB021E9-B441-4209-A542-9E882D3252DE Created with sketchtool. Info Kebab icon-lamp icon-lampBig icon-learnHat icon-learning-hat Dislike Loup Loup icon-more icon-note icon-notifications icon-pen Pencil icon-play icon-plus-light icon-plus icon-rosie-cut Rune scrollUp Share-icon Shevron-Down Shevron Left Shevron Right sound sound1 sound2 sound3 sound4 sound2 icon-star Swap icon-translate Trash icon-tutor-ellipsis icon-tutor-flip Tutor folder icon icon-tutor-learned icon-twoWayArrow Mezhdunarodny_logotip_VK vk icon-word pen_icon Logo Logo Logo

Examples from texts

She listened to Villiam's despair, as she would have listened to the threatening roar of a wave which was rushing towards her to swallow her up.
Elle écoutait le désespoir de Guillaume, comme elle eût écouté le bruit menaçant d’une vague qui aurait monté vers elle pour l’engloutir.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
The Persian Moslems are threatening trouble.
Les musulmans perses sont très menaçants.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
He overcame Zastowny’s resistance by threatening him with inmate violence and also induced Zastowny to cooperate by promising a transfer to a less threatening correctional centre.
Il est venu à bout de la résistance de M. Zastowny en le menaçant d’actes de violence de la part d’autres détenus et en lui promettant un transfèrement vers un centre correctionnel moins dangereux.
© Cour suprême du Canada
© Supreme Court of Canada
" Oh! the rain has been threatening ever since this morning, but we shall have time to get to the works."
– Bah ! ça menace depuis ce matin, nous aurons bien le temps d’arriver jusqu’à l’usine. »
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
At the first sound the kettle made, he rose, growling, and advanced towards it in a threatening attitude.
Au premier bruit que fit la bouilloire, il se leva en grognant et s’avança vers elle dans une attitude menaçante.
Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateau
Trois hommes dans le bateau
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
Three Men in a Boat
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
"No, no, my dear son," said Nani, with his inexhaustible amiability. "I was very comfortable in this retreat--when the press of the crowd became over-threatening I took refuge here."
« Non, non, mon cher fils, dit monsignore Nani, avec son amabilité que rien n’épuisait, j’étais fort bien dans cet asile... Quand j’ai vu la foule par trop menaçante, je me suis réfugié ici. »
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
On 20 August, Minister of the Interior Frick took up Hitler's ban in threatening those continuing to perpetrate such acts with stiff punishment.
Le 20 août, le ministre de l'Intérieur, Frick, réitéra l'interdiction de Hitler en menaçant ceux qui continuaient de perpétrer de tels actes de sanctions sévères.
Kershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1889-1936 HubrisKershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1889-1936 Hubris
Hitler. 1889-1936 Hubris
Kershaw, Ian
© Ian Kershaw, 1998.
© Flammarion, 1999, pour la traduction francaise. Edition revue, 2001.
Hitler. 1889-1936 Hubris
Kershaw, Ian
© 1998 by Ian Kershaw
© 1939, 1943 by Houghton Mifflin Company
She kissed it, and rearranged its swaddling clothes, while threatening Catherine with her fist.
Elle le baisa, elle rattacha son maillot, tout en menaçant du poing Catherine.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Zola, Emile
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
Then, in almost threatening tones, he added : ' I warn you that we shall quarrel if you accept.
Et il ajouta d'un ton presque menaçant:«Nous nous fâcherions, je vous en préviens.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
Then as Delestang again showed an inclination to protest, his wife reduced him to silence by a threatening frown of her beautiful brow.
Et comme Delestang de nouveau s'agitait, sa femme le fit tenir tranquille d'un froncement terrible de ses beaux sourcils.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
Seeing that Pierre was listening, Cazaban made a final threatening gesture as though to sweep away all this poisonous superstition.
Cazaban, en voyant que Pierre écoutait, avait eu un dernier geste de menace, comme pour balayer toute cette superstition empoisonneuse.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The clouds look black and threatening, and I keep my mind in a state to meet the worst.
Les nuages sont noirs et menaçants, et je maintiens mon esprit dans la disposition d’être prêt à tout.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
Le tueur de daims
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Deerslayer
Cooper, James Fenimore
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
He waved his hand as he spoke towards the livid roofs of the Palazzo delle Finanze, that vast and desolate steppe, as though he could see the harvest of glory all stripped off and bankruptcy appear with its fearful, threatening bareness.
Et c’étaient les toitures blafardes du ministère des Finances, l’immense steppe désolée, qu’il montrait, comme s’il y eût vu la moisson de gloire coupée en herbe, l’affreuse nudité de la banqueroute menaçante.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
Others hang threatening over, as if waiting for some concussion of the atmosphere to hurl them from their balance.
Quelques-uns pendent inclinés et semblent n'attendre qu'une secousse de l'atmosphère pour rompre leur équilibre.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
Les chausseurs de chevelures
Reid, Mayne
The Scalp Hunters
Reid, Mayne
© 2008 BiblioBazaar
This finish to it all had doubtless appeared to him, confusedly, in a sudden threatening vision : Antonin being dead, it was Gregoire who would possess the mill, if he should marry Therese.
Sans doute, confusément, cela venait de lui apparaître, en une soudaine menace. Antonin mort, c’était donc Grégoire qui aurait le moulin, s’il épousait Thérèse ?
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile

Add to my dictionary

Not found

User translations

No translations for this text yet.
Be the first to translate it!

Word forms

threaten

verb
Basic forms
Pastthreatened
Imperativethreaten
Present Participle (Participle I)threatening
Past Participle (Participle II)threatened
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I threatenwe threaten
you threatenyou threaten
he/she/it threatensthey threaten
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am threateningwe are threatening
you are threateningyou are threatening
he/she/it is threateningthey are threatening
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have threatenedwe have threatened
you have threatenedyou have threatened
he/she/it has threatenedthey have threatened
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been threateningwe have been threatening
you have been threateningyou have been threatening
he/she/it has been threateningthey have been threatening
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I threatenedwe threatened
you threatenedyou threatened
he/she/it threatenedthey threatened
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was threateningwe were threatening
you were threateningyou were threatening
he/she/it was threateningthey were threatening
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had threatenedwe had threatened
you had threatenedyou had threatened
he/she/it had threatenedthey had threatened
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been threateningwe had been threatening
you had been threateningyou had been threatening
he/she/it had been threateningthey had been threatening
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will threatenwe shall/will threaten
you will threatenyou will threaten
he/she/it will threatenthey will threaten
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be threateningwe shall/will be threatening
you will be threateningyou will be threatening
he/she/it will be threateningthey will be threatening
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have threatenedwe shall/will have threatened
you will have threatenedyou will have threatened
he/she/it will have threatenedthey will have threatened
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been threateningwe shall/will have been threatening
you will have been threateningyou will have been threatening
he/she/it will have been threateningthey will have been threatening
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would threatenwe should/would threaten
you would threatenyou would threaten
he/she/it would threatenthey would threaten
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be threateningwe should/would be threatening
you would be threateningyou would be threatening
he/she/it would be threateningthey would be threatening
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have threatenedwe should/would have threatened
you would have threatenedyou would have threatened
he/she/it would have threatenedthey would have threatened
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been threateningwe should/would have been threatening
you would have been threateningyou would have been threatening
he/she/it would have been threateningthey would have been threatening
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am threatenedwe are threatened
you are threatenedyou are threatened
he/she/it is threatenedthey are threatened
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being threatenedwe are being threatened
you are being threatenedyou are being threatened
he/she/it is being threatenedthey are being threatened
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been threatenedwe have been threatened
you have been threatenedyou have been threatened
he/she/it has been threatenedthey have been threatened
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was threatenedwe were threatened
you were threatenedyou were threatened
he/she/it was threatenedthey were threatened
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being threatenedwe were being threatened
you were being threatenedyou were being threatened
he/she/it was being threatenedthey were being threatened
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been threatenedwe had been threatened
you had been threatenedyou had been threatened
he/she/it had been threatenedthey had been threatened
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be threatenedwe shall/will be threatened
you will be threatenedyou will be threatened
he/she/it will be threatenedthey will be threatened
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been threatenedwe shall/will have been threatened
you will have been threatenedyou will have been threatened
he/she/it will have been threatenedthey will have been threatened