menacing

[US]/ˈmenəsɪŋ/
[UK]/'mɛnəsɪŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. threatening; having the potential to cause harm or danger
v. to intimidate; to threaten

Example Sentences

the dark and menacing deeps.

darkly menacing alleys

a menacing look on his puss;

His voice was quiet and almost menacing.

She had a slightly menacing manner.

they were trapped in a menacing maze of corridors.

Your vicious dog is menacing my cat!

a menacing and furtive look to his eye. Somethingsurreptitious is stealthy, furtive, and often unseemly or unethical:

Power being uneasy, held suspended over the menacing multitude twenty-four thousand soldiers in the city and thirty thousand in the banlieue.

After narrowly escaping the menacing clutches of the dastardly Count Olaf, the three Baudelaire orphans are taken in by a kindly herpetologist with whom they live happily for an all-too-brief time.

The main reason which made newspaperdom feel menacing was that broadcasting could spread to lots of areas at once when breaking news occurred.This is obviously that newspapers cannot make it.

Real-world Examples

There is a public health menace. There is a crisis.

Source: VOA Standard Speed May 2016 Collection

We're past talking. The guy's a menace.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 3

For President Donald Trump, Iran is a unique menace.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

But chief among the threats is the nuclear menace of North Korea.

Source: VOA Daily Standard November 2017 Collection

Monkeys can be a menace in the market.

Source: Human Planet

" They're a real menace, " said Jerrod Carlisle.

Source: VOA Special May 2022 Collection

What is Padme's first line in " The Phantom Menace? "

Source: Idol speaks English fluently.

We're past talki The guy's a menace.

Source: Desperate Housewives Season 3

You're a dangerous menace who doesn't care about who he hurts.

Source: Arrow Season 1

To campaigners, it is a menace behind a sharp increase in fatal attacks.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

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