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| scowl |
When you scowl, your face shows that you are angry, displeased, or annoyed. Sometimes people scowl to annoy or threaten other people. [1/2 definitions] |
| threaten |
When you threaten to do something, you say that you are going to do a thing that will be bad for yourself or someone else. Often, you threaten to do something because you are trying to force another person to do something that you want. You are saying, "I will do this bad thing if you don't do the thing I want." [1/5 definitions] |
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