menace
91menace — [13] Latin mināx meant ‘threatening’ (it was formed from a base *min ‘jut’ which also produced English eminent and prominent, and hence etymologically denoted ‘overhanging’). From it was derived the noun minācia ‘threatening things’, which passed …
92menace — men·ace || menɪs n. threat; danger; bother v. threaten, endanger …
93menace — noun a threat or danger. ↘a threatening quality. verb be a threat or danger to. Derivatives menacer noun menacing adjective menacingly adverb Origin ME: via OFr. from late L. minacia, from L. minax, minac threatening , from minae threats …
94menace — I. v. a. 1. Threaten. 2. Threaten, intimidate, alarm. II. n. Threat, threatening …
95menace — n 1. danger, peril, risk, hazard; deathtrap, quicksand, sleeping volcano, time bomb, bomb; specter, terror, dread, fright, apprehension, sword of Damocles, impending danger or doom. 2. intimidation, threat, warning, commination; Cassandra, bird… …
96menace — men·ace …
97menace — men•ace [[t]ˈmɛn ɪs[/t]] n. v. aced, ac•ing 1) something that threatens to cause evil, harm, etc.; threat 2) cvb a person whose actions or ideas are considered dangerous or harmful 3) an extremely annoying person 4) threaten 5) to serve as a… …
98menace — /ˈmɛnəs / (say menuhs) noun 1. something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat. 2. Colloquial a nuisance. –verb (t) (menaced, menacing) 3. to utter or direct a threat against; threaten. 4. to serve as a probable cause of evil …
99menace — See threat …
100menace — nf. ; contrainte : MNASSA / E (Albanais.001, Saxel), mnache (Cordon) …
