Definitions for menacing
Overview of verb menace
The verb menace has 3 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1) endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril
(pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is endangering the crops")
2. (1) menace
(express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture; "he menaced the bank manager with a stick")
3. menace
(act in a threatening manner; "A menacing person")
Overview of adj menacing
The adj menacing has 1 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening
(threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly")
