HyperDic: menacing

English > 1 sense of the word menacing:
ADJECTIVEallmenacing, baleful, forbidding, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threateningthreatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
menacing > pronunciation
Soundsmeh'nahsihng
Rhymesabducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng...
English > menacing: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaningthreatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments.
Example "his tone became menacing"
Synonymsbaleful, forbidding, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening
BroaderalarmingFrightening because of an awareness of danger
Spanishagorero, amenazador, amenazante, funesto, ominoso, siniestro
Catalanamenaçador, ominós, sinistre
Adverbsmenacinglyin a menacing manner

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