Menacing
121fierce — 1 Fierce, truculent, ferocious, barbarous, savage, inhuman, cruel, fell are comparable when they mean displaying fury or malignity in looks or in actions. Fierce is applied to men or to animals that inspire terror because of their menacing aspect …
122ominous — ominous, portentous, fateful, inauspicious, unpropitious basically mean having a menacing or threatening character or quality. What is ominous has or seems to have the character of an omen, especially of an omen forecasting evil; the term… …
123menace — /ˈmɛnəs / (say menuhs) noun 1. something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat. 2. Colloquial a nuisance. –verb (t) (menaced, menacing) 3. to utter or direct a threat against; threaten. 4. to serve as a probable cause of evil …
124partial objects — by Kenneth Surin Sigmund Freud s metapsychology was in essence a theory of drives, in that it invoked the concepts of energy and structure to show that every human action has its basis in a fundamental and irreducible instinctual ground. Two …
125low-angle shot — a shot in which the subject is filmed directly from below and the camera tilts up at the action or character, to make the subject appear larger than life, more formidable, taller and more menacing; contrast to a high angle shot Examples: a… …
126partial objects — by Kenneth Surin Sigmund Freud s metapsychology was in essence a theory of drives, in that it invoked the concepts of energy and structure to show that every human action has its basis in a fundamental and irreducible instinctual ground. Two …
127menacingly — adverb in a menacing manner the voice at the other end of the line dropped menacingly • Syn: ↑threateningly • Derived from adjective: ↑threatening (for: ↑threateningly), ↑menacing …
128minacious — adjective 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 …