menace

menace
n
1. danger, peril, risk, hazard; deathtrap, quicksand, sleeping volcano, time bomb, bomb; specter, terror, dread, fright, apprehension, sword of Damocles, impending danger or doom.
2. intimidation, threat, warning, commination; Cassandra, bird of ill-omen, handwriting on the wall, gathering clouds, clouds on the horizon, brewing storm.
v
3. threaten, frighten, scare, terrify, alarm; intimidate, daunt, terrorize, cow; browbeat, bully, thunder at, yell at, fulminate; snarl, growl, rattle one's sabers, bark; lower, glower, scowl.
4. tower over, hang over, beetle; impend, loom; portend, forebode, forewarn; be in the air, be in the offing.

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  • menace — [ mənas ] n. f. • XIIe; manatce v. 880; lat. pop. °minacia, attesté au plur. minaciæ, class. minæ 1 ♦ Manifestation par laquelle on marque à qqn sa colère, avec l intention de lui faire craindre le mal qu on lui prépare. ⇒ avertissement ,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • menacé — menace [ mənas ] n. f. • XIIe; manatce v. 880; lat. pop. °minacia, attesté au plur. minaciæ, class. minæ 1 ♦ Manifestation par laquelle on marque à qqn sa colère, avec l intention de lui faire craindre le mal qu on lui prépare. ⇒ avertissement ,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Menacé — Menace Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom …   Wikipédia en Français

  • menace — men‧ace [ˈmens] noun [countable] something that is dangerous: • Many people think that overseas competition is the biggest menace to the industry. * * * menace UK US /ˈmenɪs/ noun [C, usually singular] ► something that is threatening and may… …   Financial and business terms

  • menacé — menacé, ée (me na sé, sée) part. passé de menacer. 1°   Qui est l objet d une menace. •   Et d un enfant fatal en songe menacée, RAC. Athalie, III, 3. •   [La Porte] menacé de la mort pour le forcer à trahir les secrets de sa maîtresse, VOLT.… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • Menace — may mean: a threat or danger that causes intimidation a legal term of art see Blackmail#menaces Wen Jun Yan AKA Yellow Menace Place Menace (Greek settlement), (Greek Μαινάκη Mainákē), an ancient Greek settlement to the southeast of Spain,… …   Wikipedia

  • menace — MENACE. s. f. Parole ou geste dont on se sert pour faire entendre, & faire craindre à quelqu un le mal qu on luy prepare. Grande menace. terrible menace. horrible, furieuse menace. il mesprisa cette menace. je ne crains guere ses menaces. pense t …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • menace — men·ace 1 / me nəs/ n 1: a show of an intention to inflict esp. physical harm accomplished against a person s will by means of force,...menace, or fear of immediate and unlawful bodily injury California Penal Code 2: one who represents a threat… …   Law dictionary

  • Menace — Men ace (m[e^]n [asl]s; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Menaced} ([=a]st); p. pr. & vb. n. {Menacing}.] [OF. menacier, F. menacer. See {Menace}, n.] 1. To express or show an intention to inflict, or to hold out a prospect of inflicting, evil or injury… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Menace — Men ace (m[e^]n [asl]s; 48), n. [F., fr. L. minaciae threats, menaces, fr. minax, acis, projecting, threatening, minae projecting points or pinnacles, threats. Cf. {Amenable}, {Demean}, {Imminent}, {Minatory}.] The show of an intention to inflict …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Menace — Men ace, v. i. To act in threatening manner; to wear a threatening aspect. [1913 Webster] Who ever knew the heavens menace so? Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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