menace
(noun) a threat or the act of threatening; “he spoke with desperate menace”
menace, threat
(noun) something that is a source of danger; “earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan”
menace
(verb) act in a threatening manner; “A menacing person”
menace
(verb) express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture; “he menaced the bank manager with a stick”
endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril
(verb) pose a threat to; present a danger to; “The pollution is endangering the crops”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
menace (plural menaces)
A perceived threat or danger.
The act of threatening.
(informal) An annoying and bothersome person or thing.
menace (third-person singular simple present menaces, present participle menacing, simple past and past participle menaced) (ambitransitive)
(transitive) To make threats against (someone); to intimidate.
To threaten (an evil to be inflicted).
To endanger (someone or something); to imperil or jeopardize.
Source: Wiktionary
Men"ace, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. minaciae threats, menaces, fr. minax, - acis, projecting, threatening, minae projecting points or pinnacles, threats. Cf. Amenable, Demean, Imminent, Minatory.]
Definition: The show of an intention to inflict evil; a threat or threatening; indication of a probable evil or catastrophe to come. His (the pope's) commands, his rebukes, his menaces. Milman. The dark menace of the distant war. Dryden.
Men"ace, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Menaced (ast); p. pr. & vb. n. Menacing.] Etym: [OF. menacier, F. menacer. See Menace, n.]
1. 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. My master . . . did menace me with death. Shak.
2. To threaten, as an evil to be inflicted. By oath he menaced Revenge upon the cardinal. Shak.
Men"ace, v. i.
Definition: To act in threatening manner; to wear a threatening aspect. Who ever knew the heavens menace so Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
