Menace
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈmɛnɪs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Menace is a noun meaning A perceived threat or danger.
Meaning
A perceived threat or danger.
More Meanings
- The act of threatening.
- (informal) An annoying and bothersome person or thing.
- (transitive) To make threats against (someone); to intimidate.
- To threaten (an evil to be inflicted).
- To endanger (someone or something); to imperil or jeopardize.
Example Sentences
to menace a country with war
the dark menace of the distant war.
My master […] did menace me with death.
By oath he menaced / Revenge upon the cardinal.
Word Forms
- menaces
- menacing
- menaced
Synonyms for menace
Depending on context, synonyms include minacity, minacy, peril, jeopardize, imperil, endanger.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include threat, threaten, peril, jeopardize, imperil, endanger.
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