adj
Meaning 1
Synonym of threatening in its various senses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- menacing look
- menacing smile
- menacing tone of voice
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: threatening
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
menacing
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈmɛnɪsɪŋ/
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CMU ARPABET: M EH1 N AH0 S IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The act of making menaces or threats.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1824-1826, William Cobbett, History of the Protestant Reformation They remember his subornings, menacings, bribings, cuttings, maimings, hangings, and burnings.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of menace
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: baleful, forbidding, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: menaçant — presenting a threat
- German: drohend — presenting a threat
- German: bedrohlich — presenting a threat
- Romanian: amenințător — presenting a threat
- Spanish: amenazante — presenting a threat
- Spanish: amenazador — presenting a threat
- French: menaçant — making threats
- German: bedrohlich — making threats
- Greek: απειλητικός (apeilitikós) — making threats
- Latin: minax — making threats
- Latin: minitābundus — making threats
- Norwegian Bokmål: truende — making threats
- Romanian: amenințător — making threats
- Russian: угрожающий (ugrožajuščij) — making threats
- Spanish: amenazante — making threats
- Spanish: menazante — making threats
- Spanish: amenazador — making threats