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. (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.

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

Translations

menace

minaccia

menacer

Bedrohung

ameaça

Drohung

amenaza

minacciare

bedreigen

απειλή

dreigen

drohen

bedrohen

bedreiging

απειλώ

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɛnɪs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: manace

Inherited from Middle English: 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).