'Menace' definitions:
Definition of 'menace'
(from WordNet)
noun
Something that is a source of danger; "earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan" [syn: menace, threat]
noun
A threat or the act of threatening; "he spoke with desperate menace"
verb
Pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is endangering the crops" [syn: endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril]
verb
Express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture; "he menaced the bank manager with a stick"
verb
Act in a threatening manner; "A menacing person"
Definition of 'Menace'
From: GCIDE
- 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 evil; a threat or threatening; indication of a probable evil or catastrophe to come. [1913 Webster]
- His (the pope's) commands, his rebukes, his menaces. --Milman. [1913 Webster]
- The dark menace of the distant war. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Menace'
From: GCIDE
- 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 upon; to threaten; -- usually followed by with before the harm threatened; as, to menace a country with war. [1913 Webster]
- My master . . . did menace me with death. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To threaten, as an evil to be inflicted. [1913 Webster]
- By oath he menaced Revenge upon the cardinal. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Menace'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'menace'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abuse,
- afflict,
- aggrieve,
- alarm,
- apprehend,
- approach,
- await,
- be imminent,
- be in store,
- befoul,
- bewitch,
- blight,
- bludgeon,
- bode,
- breakers ahead,
- brew,
- bulldoze,
- bulldozing,
- bully,
- cardhouse,
- cause for alarm,
- come on,
- comminate,
- commination,
- compromise,
- condemn,
- confront,
- corrupt,
- cow,
- crisis,
- croak,
- crucify,
- curse,
- damage,
- danger,
- dangerous ground,
- daunt,
- defile,
- denounce,
- denunciation,
- deprave,
- despoil,
- destroy,
- disadvantage,
- disserve,
- distress,
- do a mischief,
- do evil,
- do ill,
- do wrong,
- do wrong by,
- doom,
- draw near,
- draw nigh,
- draw on,
- emergency,
- empty threat,
- endanger,
- endangerment,
- envenom,
- face,
- forebode,
- foreboding,
- forewarn,
- forthcome,
- frighten,
- gaping chasm,
- gather,
- gathering clouds,
- get into trouble,
- hang over,
- harass,
- harm,
- have a premonition,
- have a presentiment,
- hazard,
- hex,
- house of cards,
- hover,
- hurt,
- idle threat,
- imminence,
- impair,
- impend,
- imperil,
- imperilment,
- implied threat,
- infect,
- injure,
- intimidate,
- intimidation,
- jeopard,
- jeopardize,
- jeopardy,
- jinx,
- lie over,
- look black,
- look threatening,
- loom,
- lower,
- maltreat,
- mistreat,
- molest,
- near,
- outrage,
- overhang,
- pass,
- peril,
- persecute,
- pinch,
- play havoc with,
- play hob with,
- plight,
- poison,
- pollute,
- portend,
- preapprehend,
- predicament,
- prejudice,
- promise of harm,
- quicksand,
- risk,
- rocks ahead,
- savage,
- scare,
- scathe,
- storm clouds,
- strait,
- sword of Damocles,
- taint,
- terrify,
- terrorize,
- thin ice,
- threat,
- threaten,
- threateningness,
- threatfulness,
- torment,
- torture,
- utter threats against,
- violate,
- warn,
- warning,
- wound,
- wreak havoc on,
- wrong