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menace(1) (iou)



menace noun. ME.
[Latin minacia (pl. in classical Latin), from minac-, minax threatening, from base of minari threaten.]
A declaration or indication of hostile intention, or of a probable evil or catastrophe; a threat; the action of threatening. Now literary. ME.
J. A. Froude The fierce menace was delivered amidst frowning groups of..nobles. J. Nagenda The voice..had menace and the contempt which the power of the gun gave its owner.
A thing threatening danger or catastrophe; a dangerous or obnoxious thing or person; a great inconvenience. M19.
public menace: see PUBLIC adjective & noun. red menace: see RED adjective.
J. R. Green The old social discontent..remained a perpetual menace to public order. A. Sillitoe They said I was a menace to honest lads like Mike.
menaceful adjective threatening M19.