Overview of verb menace

The verb menace has 3 senses

• endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril -- (pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is endangering the crops")


• menace -- (express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture; "he menaced the bank manager with a stick")


• menace -- (act in a threatening manner; "A menacing person")

Overview of adj menacing

The adj menacing has 1 sense

• baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening -- (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")