Menacing
/ˈmɛnɪsɪŋ/ adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 present participle and gerund of menace form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 Synonym of threatening in its various senses.
"menacing look"
Adjective
- 1 threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments wordnet
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More examples"Thunder rolled with menacing crashes."