menace

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

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

Synonyms

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

terrify

terror

terrorism

threatening

upbraid

abuse

intimade

admonish

intimidate blackmail

aim

alarm

assault

awe

bellow

blame

bluff

boom

💥

bore

bugaboo

bulldoze

censure

coercion

condemn

cow

🐮

criticize

denunciation

disaster

dismay

drip

drive

duress

exhort

fury

hang over

haunt

hazard

hectoring

hold over

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɛnɪs/

Etymology

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).