menace Definition

menace
noun

1. A source of threatening danger.

Thesaurus: threat, hazard, peril, danger, jeopardy.
2. A threat; a show of hostility.
3. colloq
Something or someone that is very annoying or troublesome.
Thesaurus: annoyance, nuisance, plague, pest.

verb

tr & intr
menaced, menacing
1. To threaten; to show an intention to damage or harm someone.

Thesaurus: threaten, intimidate, browbeat, bully, alarm, frighten, terrorize, threaten; portend, loom.

Derivative: menacer
noun

Derivative: menacing
adj

Threatening, hostile or dangerous
Thesaurus: threatening, alarming, dangerous, frightening, intimidating, harassing.

Derivative: menacingly
adverb

Etymology: 14c: from French, from Latin minari to threaten.