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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.
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Menacingly
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
verb (used without object)
6.
to express or serve as a threat.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English < Middle French < Latin minācia, equivalent to mināc- (stem of mināx) jutting out, threatening + -ia -ia
1250–1300; Middle English < Middle French < Latin minācia, equivalent to mināc- (stem of mināx) jutting out, threatening + -ia -ia
Related forms
men·ac·er, noun
men·ac·ing·ly, adverb
non·men·ac·ing, adjective
pre·men·ace, noun, verb (used with object), pre·men·aced, pre·men·ac·ing.
un·men·aced, adjective
EXPANDun·men·ac·ing, adjective
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Example Sentences
- There is the grim undertaker who rolls his eyes menacingly.
- Visitors clamor for a peek at the headless horseman, a veiled actor riding menacingly.
- They mark the area with urine, roar menacingly to warn intruders, and chase off animals that encroach on their turf.
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