Something that is a source of danger:
— Earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan.

synonym: menace.

Roget 715: defiance; daring etc. v.; dare; challenge, cartel^†; threat etc. 909; war cry, war whoop.    chest-beating, chest-thumping; saber rattling.    ... show more

Roget 908: malediction, malison^†, curse, imprecation, denunciation, execration, anathema, ban, proscription, excommunication, commination^†, thunders of the Vatican, fulmination, maranatha^†; aspersion, disparagement, vilification, vituperation.    abuse; foul language, bad language, strong language, unparliamentary language; billingsgate, sauce, evil speaking; cursing etc. v.; profane swearing, oath; foul invective, ribaldry, rude reproach, scurrility.    threat etc. 909; more bark than bite; invective etc. (disapprobation) 932.    ... show more

Roget 909: threat, menace; defiance etc. 715; abuse, minacity^†, intimidation; denunciation; fulmination; commination etc. (curse) 908^†; gathering clouds etc. (warning) 668.    ... show more

Dutch: bedreiging

A warning that something unpleasant is imminent.

Polish: zagrożenie

Declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another.

Dutch: bedreiging
Polish: groźba, pogróżka

A person who inspires fear or dread.

synonyms: scourge, terror.

Polish: postrach