menace

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A perceived threat or danger.
2. The act of threatening.
3. (informal) An annoying and bothersome person or thing.

Verb

1. (ambitransitive, transitive) To make threats against (someone); to intimidate.
2. (ambitransitive) To threaten (an evil to be inflicted).
3. (ambitransitive) To endanger (someone or something); to imperil or jeopardize.

Concepts

menace

menacer

intimidation

gronder

péril

terrorisme

braquer

emmerdeur

compromettre

opposant

contrainte

mettre

mettre en danger

Synonymes

threaten

threat

intimidate

frighten

danger

❗

terrorize

scare

😨

intimidation

bully

endanger

imperil

peril

loom

browbeat

force

jeopardise

coerce

hector

jeopardize

pressure

harry

bludgeon

hound

scold

spectre

compel

torment

tyrannize

harass

dragoon

howl

impend

irritate

keep an eye on

offer

opponent

pain in the neck

point

power

rage

😡

rebuke

reprimand

reproach

reprove

risk

roar

scarecrow

spy

storm

tell off

Traductions

minaccia

Bedrohung

ameaça

Drohung

amenaza

bedreigen

minacciare

απειλή

bedreiging

bedrohen

dreigen

drohen

απειλώ

dreigement

dreiging

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈmɛnɪs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: manace

Hérité de moyen anglais: manacen

In summary

From Middle English manace, from Old French manace, menace, &c., from Late Latin minācia (“threat, menace”), from Latin mināx (“threatening”) + -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns).