[men-is] 
noun, verb, -aced, -ac⋅ing.| 1. | something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health. |
| 2. | 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. |
| 3. | an extremely annoying person. |
| 4. | to utter or direct a threat against; threaten. |
| 5. | to serve as a probable threat to; imperil. |
| 6. | to express or serve as a threat. |
| men·ace (měn'ĭs) n.
v. tr.
To make threats. [Middle English, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *minācia, sing. of Latin mināciae, threats, menaces, from mināx, mināc-, threatening, from minārī, to threaten, from minae, threats; see men-2 in Indo-European roots.] men'ac·er n., men'ac·ing·ly adv. |