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adjectiveexpressing or serving as a menace or threat: his menacing glare;menacing language. Origin of menacingFirst recorded in 1350–1400; menace + -ing2 synonym study for menacingSee ominous. OTHER WORDS FROM menacingmen·ac·ing·ly, adverbnon·men·ac·ing, adjectiveun·men·ac·ing, adjectiveWords nearby menacingMemphite, Memphremagog, memsahib, men, menace, menacing, menacme, menad, menadiol diacetate, menadione, Menado Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for menacingTwo menacing Fargo-esque figures show up to complicate things. Viral Video of the Day: A Little 'Lebowski' Influence in Kahlua Ad|Alex Chancey|September 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST And many of my Sikh friends have shared with me a history of racial slurs and menacing stares they have endured over the years. New York’s Sikhs Need Their Own Al Sharpton|Dean Obeidallah|August 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST But it will take a lot more than castrating one menacing tantric to turn the tide. When ‘Tantric’ Is Code for Rape|Lizzie Crocker|August 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST Menacing strangers turned up at his house, and threats arrived in the mail. Why the CIA Loved ‘Doctor Zhivago’|Kevin Canfield|June 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The yellow ticking clock that punctuates every episode of 24 is simultaneously bombastic, methodical, menacing, and relentless. ‘Live Another Day’ Review: Can Jack Bauer Save ‘24’ From Itself?|Jason Lynch|May 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST Her sharp, menacing cry sent the hair bristling along his back, and he snarled warningly at her. He saw the Theban Hills rolling their dark, menacing wave along the far horizon. The Wave|Algernon Blackwood But, at night, her dreams brought before her the dark and menacing countenance of her father. Leila, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton There was a cool, menacing insolence in the manner of the fellow which stung the pride of the young baronet to the quick. The Cock and Anchor|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu The masses of Stockholm on one occasion gave vent to their feelings by demonstrations which were of a menacing character.
Words related to menacingfrightening, alarming, threatening, dangerous, lowering, looming, impending, approaching, overhanging, louring, imminent, minatory, intimidatory, minacious |