37
menace(noun, verb, make, force, show)
26
jeopardize(verb, bother, approach, subject, risk)
23
augur(verb, feeling, sign, call, indicate)
23
imperil(verb, bother, expose, subject, risk)
22
intimidate(verb, make, force, press, bother)
22
portend(verb, feeling, sign, indicate, pressure)
21
endanger(verb, bother, extend, put, command)
18
presage(verb, feeling, sign, pressure, hunch)
18
foreshadow(verb, feeling, sign, hunch, premonition)
18
terrorize(verb, make, force, press, bother)
17
warn(verb, give, feeling, sign, tell)
17
scare(noun, verb, bother, pressure, intimidate)
16
impend(verb, meet, extend, near, appear)
16
prognosticate(verb, feeling, sign, hunch, premonition)
15
cow(verb, make, force, press, suppress)
14
betoken(verb, feeling, sign, call, indicate)
14
foretell(verb, feeling, sign, hunch, premonition)
14
predict(verb, order, sign, tell, prepare)
13
bode(verb, feeling, sign, hunch, premonition)
13
browbeat(verb, make, force, press, bother)
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