Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: thought – threatening
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thought (-s), n. [OE þoht, passive participle; see think, v.] (webplay: ponder, recollection).
- Recollection; reflection.
- Idea; conception; image; something framed by the imagination.
- Meditation; silent contemplation; serious consideration.
thoughtful, adj. [see thought, n.]
Caring; concerned; solicitous; [fig.] thought-provoking.
thoughtfulness, n. [see thoughtful, adj.]
Anxiety; solicitude.
thousand, adj. [OE þùsend.]
Ten hundred; great number of; many more than a hundred.
thousand (-s), n. [see thousand, adj.]
Great amount; large number.
thread (-s), n. [OE threaded, thread.]
Twine; slender string; fine-spun fiber; twisted line of flax, silk, cotton or wool; single strand of material for use in sewing and weaving.
thread (-ed, -ing), v. [see thread, n.]
- Draw together a number of objects on a string; [fig.] gather; collect; condense; accumulate moisture in the process of condensation.
- Pass one end of a fiber through the eye of a needle; [fig.] guided; led to the right place; directed by the hand of God.
threadless, adj. [see thread, n.]
Pointless; random; inconsistent; without an obvious connection between successive points in a story or discussion.
threaten (-ed), v. [OE þréat-n-ian.]
- Accost; jostle; [fig.] attempt to blow away.
- Badger; bully; browbeat; harass; harry; persecute; pressure to comply; attempt to terrify; menace by predicting a severe consequence for non-compliance.
- Warn of impending bad weather.
- Endanger; imperil; challenge; jeopardize; appear ready to destroy.
threatening, verbal adj. [see threaten, v.]
Ominous; dire; inauspicious; thunderous; warning; notifying of impending bad weather.