menacing
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5.0
- adjective
- /ˈmɛnəsɪŋ/
:
amenazante
- The dark clouds above created a menacing atmosphere, making everyone nervous about the storm.
And it's easy to mistake a menacing drive for passion.
- And it's easy to mistake a menacing drive for passion.
- His costume itself is very menacing on purpose as the bat.
- Then there's some sort of manipulative or menacing statement.
- This week we're talking about and let's have a really menacing drum roll here.
- Her mother was very critical, and her father's menacing rage kept everyone in the family in line.
- And he goes and I think to myself, it's more menacing than that.
- And so being a menacing, scary person in public would get them that as well.
- Also, I would like to note that as menacing as they sound, they are also clearly giant Dick.
Examples
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The presence, the mention of her brother in her letter had clearly upset George and his tactics really became very, very menacing indeed.
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When the boy beheld him reeking with poison and menacing with his fangs, his courage failed, and the reins fell from his hand.
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And so, yeah, that and also just generally a slightly menacing presence.
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And it's easy to mistake a menacing drive for passion.
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Mine is very menacing, kind of gross.
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You know, so these girls then are faced with these, you know, like really pretty menacing figures, right?
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Her mother was very critical, and her father's menacing rage kept everyone in the family in line.
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Jube is now menacing, skulking and diabolical.
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She seems to have a very stern look, and she looks almost menacing in this state of dirtiness, with grime and varnish on her.
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Menacing and unknown, these young men are variably "terrorists," "guerrillas," "jihadists," or "the resistance," tangible manifestations of conflicts far more complicated than their planners envisioned.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
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1.5
Likely to cause harm or injury
763
1.0
Causing fear or making you feel afraid
287
3.0
Causing someone to feel afraid
209
5.3
Making people feel very afraid
96
6.4
Makes you feel that something bad will happen
94
3.7
Making people feel worried because something seems dangerous
93
5.3
Making someone feel afraid, nervous, or less confident
87
6.1
Giving a feeling that something bad will happen
65
3.6
Showing that something bad or dangerous may happen
37
4.8
Very frightening and likely to make people afraid
19
2.9
Causing strong fear and worry
4
8.4
Looking or sounding dangerous and making you feel afraid
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8.1
To make someone feel afraid or less confident
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9.9
Causing great fear or showing terrible danger
A voice or look that makes you feel someone will cause harm
That makes people feel afraid
Looking unfriendly or dangerous so people do not want to go near
Making people feel afraid
Antonyms
How Threatening
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word menacing comes from menace, which in turn comes from an old Latin verb minari meaning 'to threaten'. So, something menacing shows a possible 'danger' or 'threat', which is why we use it for storm clouds, looks, or sounds that feel dangerous.