menacing
11menacing — adjective a menacing driver forced me to take the nearest exit Syn: threatening, ominous, intimidating, frightening, terrifying, alarming, forbidding, black, thunderous, glowering, unfriendly, hostile, sinister, baleful, warning; formal minatory… …
12menacing — UK [ˈmenəsɪŋ] / US adjective intended to threaten or frighten someone a menacing look/tone Derived word: menacingly adverb …
13menacing — [ˈmenəsɪŋ] adj intended to threaten someone a menacing look[/ex] menacingly adv …
14menacing — menace ► NOUN 1) a dangerous or troublesome person or thing. 2) a threatening quality. ► VERB ▪ put at risk; threaten. DERIVATIVES menacing adjective. ORIGIN from Latin minax threatening …
15menacing — adjective threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments (Freq. 1) a baleful look forbidding thunderclouds his tone became menacing ominous rumblings of discontent sinister storm clouds a sinister smile …
16menacing — adjective a) Suggesting imminent harm. b) Threatening …
17menacing — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …
18menacing — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. approaching, impending, threatening; see imminent , ominous . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. threatening, scary, frightening, intimidating, terrorizing, dangerous, hazardous, looming, hanging over one s head. ANT.:… …
19menacing — men·ac·ing || menɪsɪŋ adj. dangerous; threatening men·ace || menɪs n. threat; danger; bother v. threaten, endanger …
20menacing — adj threatening, frightening, terrifying, intimidating, minacious; dangerous, perilous, hazardous, risky, chancy; formidable, horrible, making one s hair stand on end; looming, pending, impending, portending, hanging over, hanging heavy, over one …
