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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ 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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ 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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ 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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Menace \Men"ace\, 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.
  
           His (the pope's) commands, his rebukes, his menaces.
                                                    --Milman.
  
           The dark menace of the distant war.      --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Menace \Men"ace\, 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.
  
              My master . . . did menace me with death. --Shak.
  
     2. To threaten, as an evil to be inflicted.
  
              By oath he menaced Revenge upon the cardinal.
                                                    --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Menace \Men"ace\, v. i.
     To act in threatening manner; to wear a threatening aspect.
  
           Who ever knew the heavens menace so?     --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  menace
       n 1: something that is a source of danger; "earthquakes are a
            constant threat in Japan" [syn: threat]
       2: a threat or the act of threatening; "he spoke with desperate
          menace"
       v 1: pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is
            endangering the crops" [syn: endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise,
             threaten, imperil, peril]
       2: express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture; "he
          menaced the bank manager with a stick"
       3: act in a threatening manner; "A menacing person"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  menace
     Αγγλικά n.
     κάτι που αντιλαμβανόμαστε ως απειλή, κίνδυνος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  menace
     Friulian n.
     threat, (l en menace)
     Middle English vb.
     (alt form enm manacen)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: menazar)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  menace
     n.
     1 A perceived threat or danger. (a. 1300)
     2 The act of threatening.
     3 (lb en informal) An annoying and bothersome person or thing.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To make threats against (someone); to
  intimidate.
     2 To threaten (an evil#Noun to be inflicted).
     3 To endanger (someone or something); to imperil or jeopardize.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  menace
     Middle English vb.
     (alt form enm manacen)
     n.
     1 A perceived threat or danger. (a. 1300)
     2 The act of threatening.
     3 (lb en informal) An annoying and bothersome person or thing.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To make threats against (someone); to
  intimidate.
     2 To threaten (an evil#Noun to be inflicted).
     3 To endanger (someone or something); to imperil or jeopardize.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  menace
     Middle English vb.
     (alt form enm manacen)
     n.
     1 A perceived threat or danger. (a. 1300)
     2 The act of threatening.
     3 (lb en informal) An annoying and bothersome person or thing.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To make threats against (someone); to
  intimidate.
     2 To threaten (an evil#Noun to be inflicted).
     3 To endanger (someone or something); to imperil or jeopardize.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  menace
     Ranska n.
     1 uhka
     2 uhkaus
     Ranska vb.
     (fr-v-taivm 1 m enac e)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  menace
     Franska n.
     hot
     Franska vb.
     (böjning fr verb menacer)

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  menace /mˈɛnɪs/
  1. bedreig
  2. bedreiging, dreigement

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Menace /mˈɛnɪs/
  الخطر

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  menace //ˈmɛnɪs// 
  1. запла́шване
  act of threatening
  2. запла́ха, опа́сност
  perceived threat or danger

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  menace //ˈmɛnɪs// 
  заплашвам, застрашавам
  to make threats against, to intimidate

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  menace /mˈɛnɪs/
  ohrožovat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  menace /mˈɛnɪs/ 
  ohrozit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  menace /mˈɛnɪs/ 
  hrozba

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  menace /mˈɛnɪs/ 
  ohrožení

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  menace /mˈɛnɪs/
  Drohung , Androhung , Bedrohung 
        "a public menace"  - eine öffentliche Gefahr
   see: menaces
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  menace /mˈɛnɪs/
  Plage , Landplage 

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  menace //ˈmɛnɪs// 
  1. uhkailu, uhkaus
  act of threatening
  2. ilkimys, ilkiö, maanvaiva
  annoying and bothersome person
  3. uhka
  perceived threat or danger

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  menace //ˈmɛnɪs// 
  pelotella, uhkailla
  to make threats against, to intimidate

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  menace /menəs/
  1. gronder, menacer
  2. menace

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  menace /mˈɛnɪs/ 
  1. कष्टकारी{व्यक्ति~या~वस्तु
        "Dennis is definitely not a menace."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  menace /mˈɛnɪs/
  opasnost, prijetiti, prijetnja

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  menace /mˈɛnɪs/
  1. veszély
  2. fenyegetés

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  menace /mˈɛnɪs/
  1. minacciare
  2. minaccia

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  menace //ˈmɛnɪs// 
  脅威
  perceived threat or danger

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  menace /menəs/
  1. dreigen, bedreigen
  2. dreiging, bedreiging, dreigement

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  menace /ˈmenɪs/
  I.   1.  zagrożenie
   2.  groźba
  II.   1.  zagrażać
   2.  grozić

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  menace /menəs/
  1. ameaçar, intimidar
  2. ameaça

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  menace /menəs/
  1. amenazar, conminar
  2. amenaza, conminación

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  menace /mˈɛnɪs/
  1. tehdit
  2. tehdit eden, sey
  3. tehdit etmek, gözdağı vermek. menacingly  tehdit ederek.

From French-Breton FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.2.7 :   [ freedict:fra-bre ]

  menace /mənˈas/
  gourdrouz (gourdrouzoù /ɡuʁdʁuzˈu/)

From French-Breton FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.2.7 :   [ freedict:fra-bre ]

   (évènement) menace /mənˈas/
  kinnig (kinnigoù /kiniɡˈu/)

From français-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-bul ]

  menace /mə.nas/ 
  1. запла́ха
  Parole ou geste pour marquer sa colère, son ressentiment et pour faire craindre le mal qu’on prépare
  2. заплаха
  Signes, pronostics qui font craindre quelque chose

From français-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-deu ]

  menace /mə.nas/ 
  1. Drohung, Bedrohung
  Parole ou geste pour marquer sa colère, son ressentiment et pour faire craindre le mal qu’on prépare
  2. Omen, Vorzeichen
  Signes, pronostics qui font craindre quelque chose

From français-ελληνικά FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-ell ]

  menace /mə.nas/ 
  απειλή
  Parole ou geste pour marquer sa colère, son ressentiment et pour faire craindre le mal qu’on prépare

From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.4.1 :   [ freedict:fra-eng ]

  menace /mənas/ 
  menace, threat

From français-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-ita ]

  menace /mə.nas/ 
  minaccia
  Parole ou geste pour marquer sa colère, son ressentiment et pour faire craindre le mal qu’on prépare

From français-latine FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2020.10.04 :   [ freedict:fra-lat ]

  menace /mə.nas/ 
  comminor
  Parole ou geste pour marquer sa colère, son ressentiment et pour faire craindre le mal qu’on prépare

From French-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:fra-nld ]

  menace /mənas/
  dreiging, bedreiging, dreigement

From français-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-pol ]

  menace /mə.nas/ 
  groźba 2.
  Parole ou geste pour marquer sa colère, son ressentiment et pour faire craindre le mal qu’on prépare
   3.
  Signes, pronostics qui font craindre quelque chose

From français-português FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-por ]

  menace /mə.nas/ 
  ameaça
  Parole ou geste pour marquer sa colère, son ressentiment et pour faire craindre le mal qu’on prépare

From français-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-spa ]

  menace /mə.nas/ 
  amenaza, conminación
  Parole ou geste pour marquer sa colère, son ressentiment et pour faire craindre le mal qu’on prépare

From français-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-swe ]

  menace /mə.nas/ 
  hotelse, hot
  Parole ou geste pour marquer sa colère, son ressentiment et pour faire craindre le mal qu’on prépare

From français-Türkçe FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2018.09.13 :   [ freedict:fra-tur ]

  menace /mənˈas/ 
   [Parole ou geste pour marquer sa colère, son ressentiment et pour faire craindre le mal qu’on prépare] tehdit

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈmɛnəs/, /ˈmɛnɪs/

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :   [ bouvier ]

  MENACE. A threat; a declaration of an intention to cause evil to happen to 
  another. 
       2. When menaces to do an injury to another have been made, the party 
  making them may, in general, be held to bail to keep the peace; and, when 
  followed by any inconvenience or loss, the injured party has a civil action 
  against the wrong doer. Com. Dig. Battery, D; Vin. Ab. h.t.; Bac. Ab. 
  Assault; Co. Litt. 161 a, 162 b, 253 b; 2 Lutw. 1428. Vide Threat. 
  
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  146 Moby Thesaurus words for "menace":
     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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 威胁,胁迫;
  v. 威吓,胁迫;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 威胁,胁迫
     vt.
     vi. 威吓,胁迫

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