menacingly

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men⋅ace

[men-is]

noun, verb, -aced, -ac⋅ing.

–noun

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.

–verb (used with object)

4.	to utter or direct a threat against; threaten.

5.	to serve as a probable threat to; imperil.

–verb (used without object)

6.	to express or serve as a threat.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME < MF < L minācia, equiv. to mināc- (s. of mināx) jutting out, threatening + -ia -ia

Related forms:

men⋅ac⋅er, noun

men⋅ac⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

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men·ace (měn'ĭs)

1. A possible danger; a threat: the menace of nuclear war.
2. The act of threatening.
A troublesome or annoying person: a toddler who was a menace in a shop full of crystal.

v. men·aced, men·ac·ing, men·ac·es

v. tr.

To utter threats against.
To constitute a threat to; endanger.

v. intr.
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.

Menacingly

Men"a*cing*ly\, adv. In a threatening manner.

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