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menace

[ men-is ]

noun

  1. something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat:

    Air pollution is a menace to health.

  2. a person whose actions, attitudes, or ideas are considered dangerous or harmful:

    When he gets behind the wheel of a car, he's a real menace.

  3. an extremely annoying person.


verb (used with object)

menaced, menacing.
  1. to utter or direct a threat against; threaten.
  2. to serve as a probable threat to; imperil:

    overdevelopment that menaces our suburbs.

verb (used without object)

menaced, menacing.
  1. to express or serve as a threat.

menace

/ ˈ³¾É›²Ôɪ²õ /

verb

  1. to threaten with violence, danger, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. literary.
    a threat or the act of threatening
  2. something menacing; a source of danger
  3. informal.
    a nuisance
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³¾±ð²Ô²¹³¦¾±²Ô²µ, adjective
  • ˈ³¾±ð²Ô²¹³¦¾±²Ô²µly, adverb
  • ˈ³¾±ð²Ô²¹³¦±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¾±ð²Ôa³¦Â·±ð°ù noun
  • ±è°ù±ð·³¾±ð²Ôa³¦±ð noun verb (used with object) premenaced premenacing
  • ³Ü²Ô·³¾±ð²Ôa³¦±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of menace1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English manace, manance, from Middle French manace, menace, from Late Latin ³¾¾±²ÔÄ峦¾±²¹ “threat,†equivalent to ³¾¾±²ÔÄ峦- (stem of ³¾¾±²ÔÄå³æ ) “jutting out, threatening†+ -ia; verb from noun; -ia
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of menace1

C13: ultimately related to Latin minax threatening, from ³¾¾±²ÔÄå°ù¾± to threaten
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Kilmer’s gentle, introspective view of his artwork is especially stirring when remembering that, for many years, the actor was more famous for his reputation as a menace on film sets than for his performances.

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He described him as "menacing", wearing a coat with a distinctive marking across the chest.

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“The sky was insultingly blue, a mean joke … The sun was like a drunk at a party, menacing and vivacious.â€

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He’s grown a bit jaded, having lived under constant menace for some time now.

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Tillman, by the way, is fantastic here – moving and undulating along with the instrumentalists, lacing the music's joy with the character's menace.

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