menace

Examples

• All

• The stray dogs in the neighborhood have become a serious menace to local residents.

• Fighting the alien menace can be tough work.

  Evolution (2001)

• Then you are a menace to society.

• You are a menace to society!

  Love Me (2025)

• Because no one wants to live next door to a menace like you.

  Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)

• This menace remains at large.

  The Flintstones (1994)

• The use of tobacco continues to be a significant public health menace in the UK.

  Academic text (2012)

• In the 18th century, wolves were an ever-present menace to people living in the European countryside.

  Academic text (2011)

• Indeed, the mission succeeded in saving hundreds of thousands from the menaces of starvation and malnutrition.

  Academic text (1995)

• Mobutu simply has outlived his usefulness now that the menace has diminished from the other side.

  Academic text (1992)

Synonyms

D

danger

vsmenace

∞ 1.0

A chance that people or things will be harmed

focuses on a likely harming person or thing rather than the general possibility

T

threat

vsmenace

∞ 2.3

Something likely to cause harm or danger

is the same idea but with stronger implied harm

S

serious danger

vsmenace

12 2.8

A strong chance that people or property will be harmed

is used for a likely harmful person or thing, not the broad risk

E

endangerer

vsmenace

1 7.2

A person or thing that puts others at risk

describes a likely source of harm rather than the active process of risking

T

threatener

vsmenace

6.1

A danger that can harm people, property, or nature

is the general label for a likely source of harm rather than the agent

Antonyms

S

safety

∞ 1.0

A place or condition that protects you from danger

How Dangerous

peril

112 5.7

threat

∞ 2.3

menace

140 4.4

nuisance

62 3.6

Surface Forms

Etymology