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Menacing

//ˈmɛnɪsɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Synonym of threatening in its various senses.

    "menacing look"

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

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