Menace

['menəs] or ['mɛnəs]

Definition

(noun.) a threat or the act of threatening; 'he spoke with desperate menace'.

(noun.) something that is a source of danger; 'earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan'.

(verb.) act in a threatening manner; 'A menacing person'.

(verb.) express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture; 'he menaced the bank manager with a stick'.

Inputed by Giles--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The show of an intention to inflict evil; a threat or threatening; indication of a probable evil or catastrophe to come.

(n.) To express or show an intention to inflict, or to hold out a prospect of inflicting, evil or injury upon; to threaten; -- usually followed by with before the harm threatened; as, to menace a country with war.

(n.) To threaten, as an evil to be inflicted.

(v. i.) To act in threatening manner; to wear a threatening aspect.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Threaten, denounce, defy.

n. Threat, threatening, denunciation.

Typist: Sophie

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Threat, denunciation, threatening

ANT:good_will, blessing

Editor: Will

Definition

v.t. to threaten.—v.i. to act in a threatening manner.—n. a threat or threatening: a show of an intention to do harm.—adj. Men′acing overhanging: threatening.—adv. Men′acingly.

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Examples

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