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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 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 WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  menacing
       adj : threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a
             baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone
             became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent";
             "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his
             threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the
             situation became ugly" [syn: baleful, forbidding, minacious,
              minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening, ugly]

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

  menacing
     a.
     (synonym of en threatening) ''in its various senses''.
     n.
     The act of making menaces or threats.
     vb.
     (present participle of en menace nocat=1)

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

  menacing
     a.
     (synonym of en threatening) ''in its various senses''.
     n.
     The act of making menaces or threats.
     vb.
     (present participle of en menace nocat=1)

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

  menacing
     a.
     (synonym of en threatening) ''in its various senses''.
     n.
     The act of making menaces or threats.
     vb.
     (present participle of en menace nocat=1)

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

  menacing
     a.
     (synonym of en threatening) ''in its various senses''.
     n.
     The act of making menaces or threats.
     vb.
     (present participle of en menace nocat=1)

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

  menacing
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en menace ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb menace)

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

  Menacing /mˈɛnɪsɪŋ/
  التهديد

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

  menacing /mˈɛnɪsɪŋ/ 
  ohrožující

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

  menacing /mˈɛnɪsɪŋ/ 
  hrozivý

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

  menacing /mˈɛnɪsɪŋ/
  bedrohend
   see: menace sb./sth., menaced, menaces, menaced
  

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

  menacing /mˈɛnɪsɪŋ/ 
  bedrohlich 

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  menacing /mˈɛnɪsɪŋ/
  
  απειλητικός

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

  menacing /menəsiŋ/
  sinistre

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

  menacing /mˈɛnɪsɪŋ/ 
  1. डरावना
        "The monster in the movie was menacing."

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

  menacing /mˈɛnɪsɪŋ/
  fenyegetô

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

  menacing /menəsiŋ/
  1. dreigend, bedreigend

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

  menacing /ˈmenɪsɪŋ/ 
    groźny

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈmɛnəsɪŋ/

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

  106 Moby Thesaurus words for "menacing":
     about to be, abusive, alarming, already in sight, apocalyptic,
     approaching, at hand, bad, baleful, baneful, black, bludgeoning,
     blustering, bodeful, boding, brewing, browbeating, bulldozing,
     bullying, chancy, close, close at hand, coming, comminatory,
     critical, dangerous, dangersome, dark, denunciatory, dire, doomful,
     dreary, evil, evil-starred, explosive, fateful, fear-inspiring,
     foreboding, forthcoming, fraught with danger, frightening, future,
     gathering, gloomy, going to happen, hazardous, hectoring, ill,
     ill-boding, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, immediate,
     imminent, impendent, impending, in danger imminent, in prospect,
     in reserve, in store, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind,
     in view, inauspicious, instant, intimidating, jeopardous, looming,
     lowering, lurking, minacious, minatory, near, near at hand,
     nearing, of evil portent, ominous, on the horizon, overhanging,
     parlous, periculous, perilous, portending, portentous, preparing,
     risky, serious, sinister, somber, terrifying, terroristic,
     terrorizing, that will be, threatening, threatful, to come, ugly,
     unfavorable, unfortunate, unlucky, unpromising, unpropitious,
     untoward, upcoming, waiting
  
  

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