English edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Adjective edit

menacing (comparative more menacing, superlative most menacing)

  1. Synonym of threatening in its various senses.

Verb edit

menacing

  1. present participle and gerund of menace

Translations edit

Noun edit

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.