menacing
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
menacing (comparative more menacing, superlative most menacing)
- Synonym of threatening in its various senses.
Verb edit
menacing
- present participle and gerund of menace
Translations edit
Suggesting imminent harm
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threatening
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Noun edit
menacing (plural menacings)
- 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.
- 1824-1826, William Cobbett, History of the Protestant Reformation