menacing

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛnɪsɪŋ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Hyphenation: men‧acing

Adjective

menacing (comparative more menacing, superlative most menacing)

  1. Synonym of threatening in its various senses.

Verb

menacing

  1. present participle and gerund of menace

Translations

Noun

menacing (plural menacings)

  1. The act of making menaces or threats.
    • 1824-1826, William Cobbett, History of the Protestant Reformation
      They remember his subornings, menacings, bribings, cuttings, maimings, hangings, and burnings.
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