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menacing
(encz) | menacing,hrozivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
menacing
(encz) | menacing,ohrožující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Menacing
(gcide) | Menace \Men"ace\ (m[e^]n"[asl]s; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Menaced ([=a]st); p. pr. & vb. n. Menacing.] [OF.
menacier, F. menacer. See Menace, n.]
1. To express or show an intention to inflict, or to hold out
a prospect of inflicting, evil or injury upon; to
threaten; -- usually followed by with before the harm
threatened; as, to menace a country with war.
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My master . . . did menace me with death. --Shak.
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2. To threaten, as an evil to be inflicted.
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By oath he menaced
Revenge upon the cardinal. --Shak.
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menacing
(wn) | menacing
adj 1: threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments;
"a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone
became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent";
"sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his
threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the
situation became ugly" [syn: baleful, forbidding,
menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous,
sinister, threatening] |
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menacingly
(encz) | menacingly,hrozivě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Menacing
(gcide) | Menace \Men"ace\ (m[e^]n"[asl]s; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Menaced ([=a]st); p. pr. & vb. n. Menacing.] [OF.
menacier, F. menacer. See Menace, n.]
1. To express or show an intention to inflict, or to hold out
a prospect of inflicting, evil or injury upon; to
threaten; -- usually followed by with before the harm
threatened; as, to menace a country with war.
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My master . . . did menace me with death. --Shak.
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2. To threaten, as an evil to be inflicted.
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By oath he menaced
Revenge upon the cardinal. --Shak.
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Menacingly
(gcide) | Menacingly \Men"a*cing*ly\, adv.
In a threatening manner.
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menacingly
(wn) | menacingly
adv 1: in a menacing manner; "the voice at the other end of the
line dropped menacingly" [syn: menacingly,
threateningly] |
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