menace
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menace¹
- /ˈmɛnɪs/
Rhymes with -ɛnɪs
Where it comes from
From Middle English manace, from Old French manace, menace, &c., from Late Latin minācia (“threat, menace”), from Latin mināx (“threatening”) + -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns).
menace²
- /ˈmɛnɪs/
Rhymes with -ɛnɪs
Where it comes from
First attested in 1303: from Middle English manacen, from Old French menacer, manecier, manechier and Anglo-Norman manasser, from the assumed Vulgar Latin *mināciāre, from Latin minācia, whence the noun.
verb menaces · menacing · menaced
- To make threats against (someone); to intimidate. to menace a country with war
- To threaten (an evil to be inflicted). Upon his browes was pourtraid vgly death, And in his eies the furies of his heart, That ſhine as Comets, menacing reueng, And caſts a pale complexion on his cheeks.
- To endanger (someone or something); to imperil or jeopardize.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: threat, threaten, peril, jeopardize, imperil, endanger, threatening, intimidation, plight, dangerous, ordeal, endangering, danger, hazard, malice, scourge
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noun perceived threat or danger
| Español | amenaza |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 위협 wihyeop |
| 日本語 | 脅威 kyōi |
| 中文 | 威脅 /威胁 wēixié |
| Português | ameaça |
| Français | menace |
| Deutsch | Drohung, Bedrohung, Druck |
| Italiano | minaccia |
| Русский | угро́за ugróza, опа́сность opásnostʹ |
| العربية | تَهْدِيد tahdīd |
noun act of threatening
| Español | amenaza, menaza |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 위협 wihyeop, 협박 hyeopbak |
| 中文 | 恐嚇 /恐吓 kǒnghè |
| Deutsch | Androhung, Bedrohung |
| Русский | угро́за ugróza |
verb to make threats against, to intimidate
| Español | amenazar, menazar |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | androhen, bedrohen, einschüchtern |
| Русский | угрожа́ть ugrožátʹ, грози́ть grozítʹ |
verb to endanger
| Español | amenazar |
|---|
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title = {menace},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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