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1. (n.) menace
something that threatens to cause evil, harm, etc.; threat.
2. menace
a person whose actions or ideas are considered dangerous or harmful.
3. menace
an extremely annoying person.
4. (v.t.) menace
threaten.
5. menace
to serve as a probable threat to; imperil.
6. (v.i.) menace
to act as a threat; be threatening.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME < MF < L minācia <mināc-, s. of mināx threatening)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) menace, threat
something that is a source of danger
"earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan"
2. (verb) menace
a threat or the act of threatening
"he spoke with desperate menace"
3. (verb) endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril
pose a threat to; present a danger to
"The pollution is endangering the crops"
4. (verb) menace
express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture
"he menaced the bank manager with a stick"
5. (verb) menace
act in a threatening manner
"A menacing person"
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| Definition of 'Menace' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Menace
the show of an intention to inflict evil; a threat or threatening; indication of a probable evil or catastrophe to come
2. (noun) Menace
to express or show an intention to inflict, or to hold out a prospect of inflicting, evil or injury upon; to threaten; -- usually followed by with before the harm threatened; as, to menace a country with war
3. (noun) Menace
to threaten, as an evil to be inflicted
4. (verb) Menace
to act in threatening manner; to wear a threatening aspect
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Sense: something likely to cause injury, damage etc
Traffic is a menace on narrow roads.
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 Afrikaans: bedreiging |
 Arabic: خَطَر |
 Bulgarian: опасност |
 Brazilian: perigo |
 Czech: hrozba, ohrožení |
 German: die Bedrohung |
 Danish: fare |
 Greek: απειλή |
 Spanish: amenaza, peligro |
 Estonian: hädaoht |
 Farsi: مخاطره |
 Finnish: uhka |
 French: menace |
 Hebrew: סַכָּנָה |
 Hindi: कष्टारी व्यक्ति या वस्तु |
 Croatian: grožnja |
 Hungarian: veszély |
 Indonesian: ancaman |
 Icelandic: ógnun |
 Italian: minaccia |
 Japanese: 脅威 |
 Korean: 위험한 것 |
 Lithuanian: kas kelia pavojų, grėsmę |
 Latvian: traucēklis |
 Malay: ancaman |
 Dutch: gevaar |
 Norwegian: fare, trussel |
 Polish: zagrożenie |
 Persian: مخاطره |
 Pashto: خطرناك |
 Portuguese: perigo |
 Romanian: pericol |
 Russian: опасность |
 Slovak: hrozba; ohrozenie |
 Slovenian: grožnja |
 Serbian: opasnost |
 Swedish: fara |
 Thai: ภัยอันตราย |
 Turkish: tehlike |
 Taiwanese: 危險物 |
 Ukrainian: небезпека |
 Urdu: خطرناک منحوس شے |
 Vietnamese: vật gây nguy hiểm |
 Chinese: 危险物 |
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