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menace
[ men-is ]
noun
- something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat:
Air pollution is a menace to health.
- a person whose actions, attitudes, or ideas are considered dangerous or harmful:
When he gets behind the wheel of a car, he's a real menace.
- an extremely annoying person.
verb (used with object)
- to utter or direct a threat against; threaten.
- to serve as a probable threat to; imperil:
overdevelopment that menaces our suburbs.
verb (used without object)
- to express or serve as a threat.
menace
/ ˈɛɪ /
verb
- to threaten with violence, danger, etc
noun
- literary.a threat or the act of threatening
- something menacing; a source of danger
- informal.a nuisance
Derived Forms
- ˈԲԲ, adjective
- ˈԲԲly, adverb
- ˈԲ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- a· noun
- ·a noun verb (used with object) premenaced premenacing
- ܲ·a adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of menace1
Example Sentences
It’s hard for the characters to say it with menace.
The end of the world is supposedly at hand and a young woman speaks from her home at the edge of a strange and menacing forest in Spain.
They are down 1-0 in the best-of-seven series because Russell Westbrook was as a menace against his former team and supplied the Nuggets with the energy and big plays they needed to get the win.
Francis watched his cousin with growing horror: “He reminds me of my brother and then slowly turns into him ... he is the Other, and his face takes on a menacing symmetry.”
Bradley's ability to cover ground up and down the right flank makes him a menace to handle.
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