menacing

menacing
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Xem thêm: baleful, forbidding, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening, threat, endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, threaten, imperil, peril



menacing

Từ điển Collocation

menacing adj.

VERBS appear, be, look, seem | become

ADV. almost His voice was quiet and almost menacing. | faintly, rather, slightly She had a slightly menacing manner. | darkly darkly menacing alleys | quietly

Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; baleful, forbidding, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening

    a baleful look

    forbidding thunderclouds

    his tone became menacing

    ominous rumblings of discontent

    sinister storm clouds

    a sinister smile

    his threatening behavior

    ugly black clouds

    the situation became ugly

    n.

  • something that is a source of danger; threat

    earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan

  • a threat or the act of threatening

    he spoke with desperate menace

    v.

  • pose a threat to; present a danger to; endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, threaten, imperil, peril

    The pollution is endangering the crops

  • express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture

    he menaced the bank manager with a stick

  • act in a threatening manner

    A menacing person

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

menaces|menaced|menacing
syn.: threat