a menace to British society …Ĭoncise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary 25B6 noun an atmosphere full of menace : THREAT, ominousness, intimidation, warning, ill omen.

MENACE - noun 1 danger ADJECTIVE ▪ growing, increasing ▪ the growing ~ of drugs ▪ great, real, serious ….

MENACE - If someone or something menaces a person or thing, they threaten seriously to harm it.The last hurricane ….

noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Her manner suddenly changed from friendliness and warmth to one of faint menace … If you say that someone or something is a menace to other people or things, …Ĭollins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

MENACE - ( menaces, menacing, menaced) 1.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English men ‧ ace 1 /ˈmenəs, ˈmenɪs/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1300-1400 Language: French Origin: Latin minacia … Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

MENACE - / ˈmenəs NAmE / noun, verb ■ noun 1.

vi to act in threatening manner to wear a ….

MENACE - noun to threaten, as an evil to be inflicted.

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary ˈme-nəs noun Etymology: Middle English manace, from Anglo-French manace, menace, from Latin minacia, from minac-, minax threatening, from minari … Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary

) To express or show an intention to inflict, or to hold out a prospect of inflicting, evil … MENACE - (n.) To express or show an intention to inflict, or to hold out a prospect of inflicting, evil or injury ….MENACE - (n.) To threaten, as an evil to be inflicted.i.) To act in threatening manner to wear a threatening aspect. Webster's New International English Dictionary ˈmenəs also -nis noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English manace, menasse, from Middle French manace, menace, from Latin …

noun see: mount Date: 14th century a show of intention to inflict harm threat, 2. More meanings of this word and English-Russian, Russian-English translations for the word «MENACE» in dictionaries.

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