凄む

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 凄む, read すごむ, is a verb for intimidating someone through a threatening voice or manner.
• Basic usage: It describes issuing threats in a low voice or by shouting.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Target
  • In 店主に凄んだ, に marks the threatened shopkeeper.
• Inflection
  • The past form is 凄んだ.
  • The nonpast form modifying a noun is 凄む.