menace
noun
verb (used with object), men·aced, men·ac·ing.
verb (used without object), men·aced, men·ac·ing.
Origin of menace
Related Words for menace
peril, plague, hazard, threat, risk, terrorize, intimidate, jeopardize, imperil, endanger, threaten, annoyance, commination, thunder, jeopardy, intimidation, scare, warning, caution, troubleExamples from the Web for menace
Contemporary Examples of menace
Hitchcock leans toward me in a conspiratorial, almost lascivious, way and says, “Let's pile on the menace.”
The menace and abuse was constant; it reads as a household under siege.
Unbridled nationalism is a menace; it leads to trade wars and, all too often, real wars.
“I am convinced that the only way to fight this menace is by attacking it on many fronts,” he said in a letter to Congress.
Chris Christie to the Drug War: I Wish I Knew How to Quit YouOlivia Nuzzi, Abby Haglage
June 18, 2014
Within the larger political backdrop, ISIS survived and grew into the menace that it is today.
Historical Examples of menace
"You will hear from me again," he said, in a tone of menace.
Brave and BoldHoratio Alger
But think not it is by way of menace, or to intimidate you to favour me.
Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
There was a menace in Mary's voice under which the girl cringed again.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
Here on the Street, with its menace just across, he must live, that she might work.
KMary Roberts Rinehart
When a man finds that a woman can reason,—do anything but feel,—he regards her as a menace.
KMary Roberts Rinehart