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Menacing

🔄 Synonyms of "Menacing"

9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
baleful	Portending evil; ominous.
sinister	Evil or seemingly evil; indicating lurking danger or harm.
minatory	Threatening, menacing.
ominous	Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
alarming	Causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening.
minacious	(now rare) Synonym of threatening, in its various senses.
forbiddingnoun	Appearing to be threatening, unfriendly or potentially unpleasant.
uglynoun	Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing.
threateningnoun	Presenting a threat, posing a likely risk of harm.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
minatory	Threatening, menacing.
threateningnoun	Presenting a threat, posing a likely risk of harm.
minaciousnoun	(now rare) Synonym of threatening, in its various senses.
alarming	Causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening.
sinister	Evil or seemingly evil; indicating lurking danger or harm.
uglynoun	Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing.
forbiddingnoun	Appearing to be threatening, unfriendly or potentially unpleasant.
baleful	Portending evil; ominous.
ominous	Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
threatnoun	An indication of potential or imminent danger.
intimidatingverb	Threatening, producing feelings of fear or timidity.
scarynoun	(now chiefly informal) Causing fear or anxiety
direnoun	Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.
dangerous	Full of danger.
perilous	Dangerous, full of peril.
terrifying	Frightening or intimidating.
dauntingnoun	Discouraging; inspiring fear.
grimnoun	Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding.
hazardous	Risky; dangerous; with the nature of a hazard.
forebodingnoun	A sense of evil to come.