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Synonyms for menace

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : men-is
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɛn ɪs

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Définition of menace

Origin :
  • c.1300, "declaration of hostile intent," also "act of threatening," from Old French menace "menace, threat" (9c.), from Vulgar Latin minacia "threat, menace" (also source of Spanish amenaza, Italian minaccia), singular of Latin minaciæ "threatening things," from minax (genitive minacis) "threatening," from minari "threaten, jut, project," from minæ "threats, projecting points," from PIE root *men- (2) "to project." Applied to persons from 1936.
  • noun danger; pest
  • verb bother, frighten
Example sentences :
  • "You will hear from me again," he said, in a tone of menace.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • But think not it is by way of menace, or to intimidate you to favour me.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • There was a menace in Mary's voice under which the girl cringed again.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • Here on the Street, with its menace just across, he must live, that she might work.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • When a man finds that a woman can reason,—do anything but feel,—he regards her as a menace.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • What they do regard it as, is a menace to their independence, and a prelude to annexation.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • She lifted her lip at him in the old snarl of menace, and his memory became clear.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • If the ship is a menace, if it means war, that is your field of action, not mine.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
  • He forgot the fleet of the Llotta, forgot the menace to his own world.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
  • But the Russians did not regard the menace from this quarter as a grave one.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various

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