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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

/ 藞尘蓻苍瑟蝉 /

verb

  1. to threaten with violence, danger, etc
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 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
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞尘别苍补肠颈苍驳, adjective
  • 藞尘别苍补肠颈苍驳ly, adverb
  • 藞尘别苍补肠别谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 尘别苍顎僡肠路别谤 noun
  • 辫谤别路尘别苍顎僡肠别 noun verb (used with object) premenaced premenacing
  • 耻苍路尘别苍顎僡肠别诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of menace1

First recorded in 1300鈥50; Middle English manace, manance, from Middle French manace, menace, from Late Latin 尘颈苍腻肠颈补 鈥渢hreat,鈥 equivalent to 尘颈苍腻肠- (stem of 尘颈苍腻虫 ) 鈥渏utting out, threatening鈥 + -ia; verb from noun; -ia
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of menace1

C13: ultimately related to Latin minax threatening, from 尘颈苍腻谤颈 to threaten
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It鈥檚 hard for the characters to say it with menace.

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The end of the world is supposedly at hand and a young woman speaks from her home at the edge of a strange and menacing forest in Spain.

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They are down 1-0 in the best-of-seven series because Russell Westbrook was as a menace against his former team and supplied the Nuggets with the energy and big plays they needed to get the win.

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Francis watched his cousin with growing horror: 鈥淗e reminds me of my brother and then slowly turns into him ... he is the Other, and his face takes on a menacing symmetry.鈥

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Bradley's ability to cover ground up and down the right flank makes him a menace to handle.

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