menacing

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English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛnɪsɪŋ/
  • Hyphenation: men‧acing

Adjective

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menacing (comparative more menacing, superlative most menacing)

  1. Synonym of threatening in its various senses.

Verb

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menacing

  1. present participle and gerund of menace

Translations

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Noun

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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.