menacing

adjective

men·ac·ing ˈme-nə-siŋ How to pronounce menacing (audio)

: presenting, suggesting, or constituting a menace or threat : threatening

a menacing look

menacing words

[Harold E. Edgerton] … was also one of the first to take photographs of the menacing mushroom cloud emanating from a nuclear blast.

Benjamin Genocchio

Ransomware is a menacing scam that involves locking businesses out of their computers and demanding payment of a ransom in exchange for the return of company systems and data.

Roger Williams

The image is chilling: a series of menacing bear traps laid out like footsteps.

Emily DeNitto

menacingly adverb

A man stepped menacingly from the corner brandishing a long pole …

Elizabeth George Speare

"If you shout his name I will curse you into oblivion," muttered Tonks menacingly …

J. K. Rowling

menacing 1 of 2

adjective

as in ominous

being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come warns that the emergence of new viruses is one of the most menacing developments we face

Synonyms & Similar Words

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ominous
sinister
threatening
bleak
darkening
foreboding
dark
somber
portentous
minatory
murky
baleful
lonely
black
dire
depressive
desolate
inauspicious
direful
doomy
gray
depressing
ill
unfortunate
ill-boding
sullen
cold
morbid
saturnine
morose
unfavorable
lugubrious
grey
gloomy
dim
cheerless
sepulchral
discouraging
lonesome
troubled
elegiac
forlorn
glum
dismal
evil
disconsolate
dreary
plutonian
tenebrous
sombre
chill
funereal
godforsaken
malignant
drear
unpromising
hopeless
miserable
comfortless
cloudy
unpropitious
disheartening
malign
sunless
elegiacal
wretched
dreich
unlucky
tenebrific
Cimmerian
ill-fated
ill-starred
star-crossed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

unthreatening
benign
favorable
promising
bright
encouraging
golden
hopeful
prosperous
auspicious
propitious
heartening

as in dangerous

involving potential loss or injury fears that the unemployment rate may be reaching menacing proportions

Synonyms & Similar Words

dangerous
hazardous
perilous
risky
serious
threatening
unsafe
treacherous
precarious
grave
unhealthy
jeopardizing
grievous
destructive
random
uncertain
unpleasant
parlous
lethal
deadly
harmful
fatal
murderous
venturesome
sickening
insecure
detrimental
ugly
evil
adverse
malignant
bad
killer
nasty
wicked
fell
pernicious
noxious
haphazard
distressing
dicey
injurious
chance
inimical
deleterious
dire
baleful
hurtful
deathly
ill
ultrahazardous
baneful
mortal
fateful
pestilent

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

innocuous
harmless
innocent
nonthreatening
safe
unthreatening
good
beneficial
nonhazardous
advantageous
ultrasafe

menacing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of menace

as in threatening

to place in danger menaced the children by leaving them in the car unattended

Synonyms & Similar Words

threatening
endangering
risking
intimidating
compromising
jeopardizing
imperiling
perilling
imperilling
periling
jeoparding
venturing
hazarding
adventuring
gambling (with)
subjecting
exposing
wagering
chancing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

protecting
guarding
shielding
sheltering
preserving
saving
resuming

as in endangering

to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on stockpiles of nuclear weapons that continue to menace the inhabitants of this planet

Synonyms & Similar Words

threatening
endangering
overhanging
imperiling
jeopardizing
perilling
periling
imperilling
impending (over)
hanging (over)
hovering (over)
hazarding

单词	menacing
释义	menacing adjective men·ac·ing ˈme-nə-siŋ : presenting, suggesting, or constituting a menace or threat : threatening a menacing look menacing words [Harold E. Edgerton] … was also one of the first to take photographs of the menacing mushroom cloud emanating from a nuclear blast. Benjamin Genocchio Ransomware is a menacing scam that involves locking businesses out of their computers and demanding payment of a ransom in exchange for the return of company systems and data. Roger Williams The image is chilling: a series of menacing bear traps laid out like footsteps. Emily DeNitto menacingly adverb A man stepped menacingly from the corner brandishing a long pole … Elizabeth George Speare "If you shout his name I will curse you into oblivion," muttered Tonks menacingly … J. K. Rowling Word History Etymology Middle English manacyng, from present participle of manacen "to menace entry 2" First Known Use 15th century, in the meaning defined above menacing 1 of 2 adjective 1 as in ominous being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come warns that the emergence of new viruses is one of the most menacing developments we face Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance ominous sinister threatening bleak darkening foreboding dark somber portentous minatory murky baleful lonely black dire depressive desolate inauspicious direful doomy gray depressing ill unfortunate ill-boding sullen cold morbid saturnine morose unfavorable lugubrious grey gloomy dim cheerless sepulchral discouraging lonesome troubled elegiac forlorn glum dismal evil disconsolate dreary plutonian tenebrous sombre chill funereal godforsaken malignant drear unpromising hopeless miserable comfortless cloudy unpropitious disheartening malign sunless elegiacal wretched dreich unlucky tenebrific Cimmerian ill-fated ill-starred star-crossed Antonyms & Near Antonyms unthreatening benign favorable promising bright encouraging golden hopeful prosperous auspicious propitious heartening See More 2 as in dangerous involving potential loss or injury fears that the unemployment rate may be reaching menacing proportions Synonyms & Similar Words dangerous hazardous perilous risky serious threatening unsafe treacherous precarious grave unhealthy jeopardizing grievous destructive random uncertain unpleasant parlous lethal deadly harmful fatal murderous venturesome sickening insecure detrimental ugly evil adverse malignant bad killer nasty wicked fell pernicious noxious haphazard distressing dicey injurious chance inimical deleterious dire baleful hurtful deathly ill ultrahazardous baneful mortal fateful pestilent Antonyms & Near Antonyms innocuous harmless innocent nonthreatening safe unthreatening good beneficial nonhazardous advantageous ultrasafe See More menacing 2 of 2 verb present participle of menace 1 as in threatening to place in danger menaced the children by leaving them in the car unattended Synonyms & Similar Words threatening endangering risking intimidating compromising jeopardizing imperiling perilling imperilling periling jeoparding venturing hazarding adventuring gambling (with) subjecting exposing wagering chancing Antonyms & Near Antonyms protecting guarding shielding sheltering preserving saving resuming See More 2 as in endangering to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on stockpiles of nuclear weapons that continue to menace the inhabitants of this planet Synonyms & Similar Words threatening endangering overhanging imperiling jeopardizing perilling periling imperilling impending (over) hanging (over) hovering (over) hazarding
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menacing

adjective

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adjective

verb