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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024men•ace /ˈmɛnɪs/USA pronunciation n., v., -aced, -ac•ing. n. - someone or something that threatens to cause evil, etc.;
a threat:[countable]He is a menace to society and should be locked away. - the quality of such danger or behavior:[uncountable]said with quiet menace, "No one is leaving.''
v. [~ + object] - to threaten;
put in danger:A gang menaced the students.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024men•ace (men′is),USA pronunciation n., v., -aced, -ac•ing. n. - something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.;
a threat:Air pollution is a menace to health. - a person whose actions, attitudes, or ideas are considered dangerous or harmful:When he gets behind the wheel of a car, he's a real menace.
- an extremely annoying person.
v.t. - to utter or direct a threat against;
threaten. - to serve as a probable threat to;
imperil.
v.i. - to express or serve as a threat.
- Latin minācia, equivalent. to mināc- (stem of mināx) jutting out, threatening + -ia -ia
- Middle French
- Middle English 1250–1300
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: menace /ˈmɛnɪs/ vb - to threaten with violence, danger, etc
n - literary a threat or the act of threatening
- something menacing; a source of danger
- informal a nuisance
Etymology: 13th Century: ultimately related to Latin minax threatening, from mināri to threatenˈmenacer n ˈmenacing adj ˈmenacingly adv |