menacing

[ men-i-sing ]

/ ˈmɛn ɪ sɪŋ /

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adjective

expressing or serving as a menace or threat: his menacing glare;menacing language.

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Origin of menacing

First recorded in 1350–1400; menace + -ing²

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See ominous.

OTHER WORDS FROM menacing

men·ac·ing·ly, adverbnon·men·ac·ing, adjectiveun·men·ac·ing, adjective

Words nearby menacing

Memphite, Memphremagog, memsahib, men, menace, menacing, menacme, menad, menadione, Menado, ménage

How to use menacing in a sentence

The franchise adds some intriguing new faces—Ana de Armas, who previously partnered with Craig in Knives Out—and Rami Malek, who plays the menacing villain Safin.
The 23 Most Anticipated Movies of Fall 2021|Andrew R. Chow|August 26, 2021|Time
The real estate agent alleged that the woman had also become a menacing presence in the neighborhood.
Spray paint, soiled carpets, dead cats: Evicted tenant allegedly turned home into ‘slice of hell’|Timothy Bella|June 16, 2021|Washington Post
It was illustrated with a cartoon picture of a menacing Muslim man with a beard and prayer cap, beside a picture of a crying Hindu woman.
Facebook Banned a Hindu Extremist Group—Then Left Most of Its Pages Online for Months|Billy Perrigo|June 10, 2021|Time
Like the story, Jessica Hung Han Yun’s lighting design becomes increasingly menacing as things move along.
‘Blindness’ explores a terrifying new pandemic|Patrick Folliard|May 8, 2021|Washington Blade

The Ganges swells after monsoons that stretch from July to September and has a menacing look today, so people are avoiding it.
When a Body Meets a Boatman on the Ganges|Eugene Robinson|February 23, 2021|Ozy
Two menacing Fargo-esque figures show up to complicate things.
Viral Video of the Day: A Little 'Lebowski' Influence in Kahlua Ad|Alex Chancey|September 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the moment suggests to him that if he is awake, then his reality is truly stranger and more menacing than he ever imagined.
Haruki Murakami's Weird, Wonderful World|Malcolm Jones|August 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And many of my Sikh friends have shared with me a history of racial slurs and menacing stares they have endured over the years.
New York’s Sikhs Need Their Own Al Sharpton|Dean Obeidallah|August 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But an island any less menacing would fail to breed a villain who could hope to spar with James Bond.
Japan's James Bond Villain Ghost Town|Nina Strochlic|August 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But it will take a lot more than castrating one menacing tantric to turn the tide.
When ‘Tantric’ Is Code for Rape|Lizzie Crocker|August 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He saw the Theban Hills rolling their dark, menacing wave along the far horizon.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
A black, menacing wall that rose before us suddenly resolved itself into a grove of trees, great four-foot cottonwoods.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
It was like a child's drawing of a human eye, round, staring, and at the same time infinitely menacing.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
And hardly a degree less menacing is this gigantic octapus of labor unionism—of inexcusable socialism.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
She was about to proceed in this somewhat menacing manner, but the captain sprang up, excited, and red in the face.
Skipper Worse|Alexander Lange Kielland