Menacing

//ˈmɛnɪsɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of making menaces or threats.

    "1824-1826, William Cobbett, History of the Protestant Reformation They remember his subornings, menacings, bribings, cuttings, maimings, hangings, and burnings."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of menace form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Synonym of threatening in its various senses.

    "menacing look"

Adjective
  1. 1
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments wordnet

Synonyms

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threateningdarkintimidatingominousabout to beabusive

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"Thunder rolled with menacing crashes."

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