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menace

Pronunciation: /ˈmɛnɪs/

The English word “menace” has 6 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A perceived threat or danger.
  2. The act of threatening.
  3. An annoying and bothersome person or thing.

verb

  1. To make threats against (someone); to intimidate.
  2. To threaten (an evil to be inflicted).
  3. To endanger (someone or something); to imperil or jeopardize.

Etymology

From Middle English manace, from Old French manace, menace, &c., from Late Latin minācia (“threat, menace”), from Latin mināx (“threatening”) + -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns).

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