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UK
/mˈɛnɪsɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈmɛnəsɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈmɛnəsɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
ominous rumblings of discontent
his threatening behavior
forbidding thunderclouds
a baleful look
his tone became menacing
the situation became ugly
a sinister smile
sinister storm clouds
ugly black clouds
How To Use menacing In A Sentence
- Sarah made a menacing gesture with her fist.
- It was surreal and very funny - all I needed was a white cat to stroke menacingly and I was set.
- Mighty and menacing, they have clearly come from a different dimension of geography to terrify the punier among us. Times, Sunday Times
- Actor Patrick Bergin returns to more familiar territory to play a menacing killer.
- It was human in base construction, a platform for large, menacing pectorals and biceps.
- The other, a 28-year-old man, suffered minor injuries and ID'd the suspects, who were busted that day and charged with assault, menacing and weapons possession.
- Overhead, a drone whirred menacingly, and a helicopter gunship cruised the coast.
- The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be lead to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
- The rottweiler has earned a fearsome reputation as extremely loyal and as a menacing guard dog. Times, Sunday Times
- Ozone is especially menacing when it reacts with molecules involved in the functions of living organisms.
