📖 Definitions of "Menaces"
noun
- 1
A perceived threat or danger.
- 2
The act of threatening.
- 3
An annoying and bothersome person or thing.
verb
- 1
To make threats against (someone); to intimidate.
"to menace a country with war"
- 2
To threaten (an evil to be inflicted).
- 3
To endanger (someone or something); to imperil or jeopardize.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Menaces"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| threatnoun | An indication of potential or imminent danger. |
| threatenverb | To make a threat against someone; to use threats. |
| perilnoun | A situation of serious and immediate danger. |
| jeopardizeverb | (US) To put in jeopardy, to threaten. |
| imperilverb | (transitive) To put into peril; to place in danger. |
| endangerverb | (transitive) To put (someone or something) in danger; to risk causing harm to. |
| dangersnoun | Exposure to likely harm; peril. |
| endangersverb | (transitive) To put (someone or something) in danger; to risk causing harm to. |
| hazardsnoun | (automotive) Ellipsis of hazard lights. |
| jeopardisesverb | Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of jeopardize. [(US) To put in jeopardy, to threaten.] |
| threatensverb | To make a threat against someone; to use threats. |
| threatsnoun | An indication of potential or imminent danger. |
| monstersnoun | an American syndicated horror anthology television series which originally ran from 1988 to 1991 and reran on the Sci-Fi Channel during the 1990s. |
| hobgoblinsnoun | a 1988 American low-budget independent comedy horror film directed, written, and produced by Rick Sloane, who also served as cinematographer and editor. |
| beastiesnoun | The Beastie Boys |
| maraudernoun | Someone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder. |
| baddiesnoun | (neologism, slang) An attractive, confident woman, especially one who is a social media influencer. |
| terrorsnoun | (countable, uncountable) Intense dread, fright, or fear. |
| changelingsnoun | (European folklore, also figurative) In pre-modern European folklore: an infant of a magical creature that was secretly exchanged for a human infant. In British, Irish and Scandinavian mythology the exchanged infants were thought to be those of fairies, sprites or trolls; in other places, they were ascribed to demons, devils, or witches. |
| gorgonsnoun | The Gorgons,Grimal, s.v. Gorgons. |
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