Harass
Threaten
Threaten verb - To remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on.
Harass and threaten are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Harass" instead a verb "Threaten".
Nearby Words: threatening, threat
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| character | harass character | threaten character |
| man | harass man | threaten man |
| woman | harass woman | threaten woman |
| people | harass people | threaten people |
| Other words: children, family, someone, way, characters, mother, brother, anyone, everyone, daughter, times, kids, friends, enemies, students, heroes, girls. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Early on in The Law of Ueki, Kobayashi (pictured) demonstrates that he may be against violence, but if you threaten or harass his students, you will wake up in a lot of pain.
Source: Badass Teacher - In the United Kingdom, people often complain about their dogs being attacked by swans, when it is in fact the fault of the people allowing their aggressive dogs to threaten or harass the swans.
Source: Determinator / Real Life - Jack Jeebs is an alien who sells stolen fake rolexes and some powerful alien tech who Jay and Kay harass and threaten to get info and tech.
Source: The Rat
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