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men·ace

(mĕn′ĭs)
n.
1.
a. A possible danger; a threat: a careless driver who was a menace to public safety.
b. The quality of being threatening: a hint of menace in his voice.
2. A troublesome or annoying person: considered her little brother to be a menace.
tr.v. men·aced, men·ac·ing, men·ac·es
To constitute a threat to; endanger: Rome was menaced by invading armies.
[Middle English manace, from Old French, from Late Latin minācia, sing. of Latin mināciae, threats, menaces, from mināx, mināc-, threatening, from minārī, to threaten, from minae, threats; see men- in Indo-European roots.]
men′ac·er n.
men′ac·ing·ly adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj. 1. [画像:menacing - threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments]menacing - threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly"
alarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger
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menacing

adjective threatening, dangerous, alarming, frightening, forbidding, looming, intimidating, ominous, baleful, intimidatory, minatory, bodeful, louring or lowering, minacious His dark eyebrows gave his face a menacing look.
promising, encouraging, favourable, auspicious
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Translations
مُهَدِّد
hrozivý
fenyegetõ
ógnandi

menacing

[ˈmenɪsɪŋ] ADJ → amenazador
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menacing

[ˈmɛnɪsɪŋ] adj → menaçant(e)
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menacing

adj → drohend ; threat → gefährlich ; to look menacing → bedrohlich aussehen
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menacing

[ˈmɛnɪsɪŋ] adj → minaccioso/a
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menace

(ˈmenəs) noun
1. something likely to cause injury, damage etc. Traffic is a menace on narrow roads. bedreiging خَطَر опасност perigo hrozba, ohrožení die Bedrohung fare απειλή amenaza, peligro hädaoht مخاطره uhka menace סכנה कष्टारी व्यक्ति या वस्तु grožnja veszély ancaman ógnun minaccia 脅威 위험한 것 kas kelia pavojų, grėsmę traucēklis ancaman gevaar fare, trussel zagrożenie خطرناك perigo pericol опасность hrozba; ohrozenie grožnja opasnost fara ภัยอันตราย tehlike 危險物 небезпека خطرناک منحوس شے vật gây nguy hiểm 危险物
2. a threat or show of hostility. His voice was full of menace. dreigement تَهْديد заплаха ameaça hrozba die Bedrohung trussel απειλή amenaza ähvardus تهدید uhka menace איום धमकी prijetnja fenyegetés ancaman hótun minaccia おどし 위협 grėsmė, grėsmingumas draudi ancaman dreiging trussel groźba تهديد ameaça ameninţare угроза hrozba grožnja pretnja hot ข่มขู่ tehdit 威脅 загроза دھمکی sự đe dọa 威胁
verb
to threaten. menaced by danger. dreig, bedreig يُهَدِّد заплашвам ameaçar hrozit, ohrožovat bedrohen true απειλώ amenazar ähvardama تهدید کردن uhata menacer לְאַייֵם धमकी देना prijetiti fenyeget mengancam hóta, ógna minacciare おどす 위협하다 grėsti, kelti pavojų []draudēt mengancam bedreigen true zagrozić تهديد كول ameaçar ame­ninţare угрожать hroziť; ohrozovať groziti pretiti hota คุกคาม tehdit etmek 威脅 загрожувати دھمکانا đe dọa 恐吓
ˈmenacing adjective
threatening to harm. a menacing weapon. bedreigende مُهَدِّد заплашителен ameaçador hrozivý drohend truende απειλητικός amenazador, amenazante ähvardav ضرر uhkaava menaçant מְאַייֵם डरावना prijeteći fenyegető berbahaya ógnandi minaccioso おどかす 위협하기 grėsmingas draudīgs mengancam dreigend truende groźny زيان او ضرر ameaçador ameninţător грозный, угрожающий hrozivý grozeč preteći farlig ซึ่งคุกคาม tehdit edici 威脅的 загрозливий پر خطر hăm dọa 威胁的
ˈmenacingly adverb
bedreigend بِتَهْديد، مُهَدِّدا заплашително ameaçadoramente výhružně drohend truende απειλητικά de manera amenazadora ähvardavalt از روی تهدید uhkaavasti d'un air/ton menaçant בְּצוּרָה מְאַייֵמֶת जोखिम में डालना prijeteće fenyegetően, vészjóslóan penuh ancaman á ógnandi hátt con aria minacciosa, con tono minaccioso おどすように 위협적으로 grėsmingai draudoši dengan mengancam dreigend truende groźnie د تهديد له مخى ameaçadoramente cu aer/ton ameninţător грозно, угрожающе výhražne grozeče preteći hotande, hotfullt อย่างตกอยู่ในอันตราย tehdit eder şekilde 威脅地 загрозливо دھمکی کے انداز سے với vẻ đe dọa 威胁地
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There is defiance in the remaining stumps of her masts, raised up like maimed limbs against the menacing scowl of a stormy sky; there is high courage in the upward sweep of her lines towards the bow; and as soon as, on a hastily-rigged spar, a strip of canvas is shown to the wind to keep her head to sea, she faces the waves again with an unsubdued courage.
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Instantly Pisah was gone and Tarzan, growling, had wheeled about to face whatever creature might be menacing him.
Usanga did not see him, being too intent upon the unaccustomed duties of a pilot, but the blacks across the meadow saw him and they ran forward with loud and savage cries and menacing rifles to intercept him.
Noirtier continued to look at the same object, but suddenly his glance was transferred from the wife to the husband, and Villefort himself had to submit to the searching investigation of eyes, which, while changing their direction and even their language, had lost none of their menacing expression.
The curtain was drawn, and yet the image of his father was so vivid to his mind that he addressed the closed window as though it had been open, and as if through the opening he had beheld the menacing old man.
"Shall I not?" He was slowly advancing in a peculiarly menacing way, but he stopped now and put his big hands into the side-pockets of a rather boyish short jacket which he wore.
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His childish mind had transformed it into the menacing figure of a hostile warrior.
To the boy's fear of the actual dangers which menaced him--Bukawai and the two hyenas--his superstition added countless others quite too horrible even to name, for in the lives of the blacks, through the shadows of the jungle day and the black horrors of the jungle night, flit strange, fantastic shapes peopling the already hideously peopled forests with menacing figures, as though the lion and the leopard, the snake and the hyena, and the countless poisonous insects were not quite sufficient to strike terror to the hearts of the poor, simple creatures whose lot is cast in earth's most fearsome spot.
Upon one hand was the bluff that ran from the canyon to the sea, on the other the fearsome swamp from which the creature had sneaked upon me, behind lay the mighty untracked sea, and before me in the center of the narrow way that led to safety stood this huge mountain of terrible and menacing flesh.
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Werper pressed close behind, casting backward glances toward the shrieking, dancing mob menacing their rear.
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At sight of the men the beasts looked up with menacing growls, but Tarzan strode in among them, dragging the trembling Wagambi with him.
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