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Synonyms
men·ace (mĕńĭs)

[Middle English, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin* minācia, sing. of Latin mināciae, threats, menaces, from mināx, mināc-, threatening, from minārī, to threaten, from minae, threats.]

noun 

    1. A possible danger; a threat: the menace of nuclear war.
    2. The act of threatening.
  2. A troublesome or annoying person: a toddler who was a menace in a shop full of crystal.

verb: -aced, -ac·ing, -ac·es. 

transitive verb 

  1. To utter threats against.
  2. To constitute a threat to; endanger.

intransitive verb 

To make threats.

derivatives

meńac·er
noun
meńac·ing·ly
adverb