Menace - English meaning

noun

An anxious awareness of danger.

Usage examples:

The boat tilted and the boatmen cried out in alarm

verb

Make (someone) feel frightened, disturbed, or in danger.

noun

Sudden anxiety and fear, esp. that something very bad or dangerous might happen

Usage examples:

Nicholas detected a note of alarm in her voice., firefighters said the tragedy could have been avoi…

adjective

Of the very darkest colour owing to the absence of or complete absorption of light; the opposite of white.

Usage examples:

Black smoke

verb

Belonging to or denoting any human group having dark-coloured skin, especially of african or australian aboriginal ancestry.

Usage examples:

Black adolescents of jamaican descent

noun

Another term for hamburger.

verb

Intimidate (someone), typically into doing something, with stern or abusive words.

Usage examples:

A witness is being browbeaten under cross-examination

verb

To ask or demand continually that someone do something

Usage examples:

He objected that mcdonald was browbeating the witness.

noun

A person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable.

Usage examples:

He is a ranting, domineering bully

verb

Seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable).

Usage examples:

Her 11- year-old son has been constantly bullied at school

adjective

Very good; excellent.

Usage examples:

The statue really looked bully

noun

A fully grown female animal of a domesticated breed of ox, kept to produce milk or beef.

Usage examples:

A dairy cow

verb

Cause (someone) to submit to one's wishes by intimidation.

Usage examples:

The intellectuals had been cowed into silence

noun

Female of domestic cattle

noun

The possibility of suffering harm or injury.

Usage examples:

His life was in danger

noun

The possibility of harm or death, or of something unpleasant happening

Usage examples:

[ c ] i quickly understood the dangers of rock climbing., [ u ] i felt my life was in danger., [ u …

verb

Make (someone) afraid or anxious.

Usage examples:

The savagery of his thoughts frightened him

verb

To make someone feel fear

Usage examples:

Be quiet or you’ll frighten the deer., she was too frightened to enter the room alone.

adjective

A brand name for a type of brightly-coloured paint that seems to shine especially brightly in ordinary light

Usage examples:

Day-glo swimsuits

noun

A danger or risk.

Usage examples:

The hazards of childbirth

verb

Say (something) in a tentative way.

Usage examples:

He hazarded a guess

noun

Something dangerous and likely to cause damage

Usage examples:

A health/fire hazard, a hazardous road, she wouldn’t hazard a guess about the meaning of the word.

verb

Put at risk of being harmed, injured, or destroyed.

Usage examples:

They advised against tax increases for fear of imperilling the recovery

verb

Frighten or overawe (someone), especially in order to make them do what one wants.

Usage examples:

The forts are designed to intimidate the population

Compel or deter by or as if by threats

verb

Put (someone or something) into a situation in which there is a danger of loss, harm, or failure.

Usage examples:

A devaluation of the dollar would jeopardize new york's position as a financial centre

verb

To cause something to be harmed or damaged, or to put something in danger

Usage examples:

She knew that failing her exams could jeopardize her whole future.

verb

To put something such as a plan or system in danger of being harmed or destroyed

Usage examples:

The rate increase may jeopardize economic recovery.

noun

Danger of loss, harm, or failure.

Usage examples:

The whole peace process is in jeopardy

noun

Something in jeopardy is in danger of being damaged or destroyed

Usage examples:

Bad investments have put the company’s future in jeopardy.

noun

In danger of being harmed or destroyed

Usage examples:

The deal could be in jeopardy if it emerges the company is engaged in activities prohibited by the …

adjective

Giving the worrying impression that something bad is going to happen; threateningly inauspicious.

Usage examples:

There were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead

adjective

Suggesting something unpleasant will happen

Usage examples:

An ominous silence, clouds had gathered ominously.

noun

Serious and immediate danger.

Usage examples:

You could well place us both in peril

verb

Expose to danger; threaten.

Usage examples:

Jonathon perilled his life for love of david

noun

Danger, or something that is dangerous

Usage examples:

[ u ] the president said that we are entering a time of great peril.

noun

A situation involving exposure to danger.

Usage examples:

Flouting the law was too much of a risk

verb

Expose (someone or something valued) to danger, harm, or loss.

Usage examples:

He risked his life to save his dog

verb

A source of danger

verb

Cause great fear or nervousness in; frighten.

Usage examples:

I was scared stiff

noun

A sudden attack of fright.

Usage examples:

Gosh, that gave me a scare!

verb

Cause fear in

verb

Cause to feel extreme fear.

Usage examples:

The thought terrifies me

verb

To frighten someone severely

Usage examples:

His looks are enough to terrify anyone., she’s always been terrified of spiders., a terrifying expe…

verb

Create and maintain a state of extreme fear and distress in (someone); fill with terror.

Usage examples:

He used his private army to terrorize the population

verb

Coerce by violence or with threats

verb

To make someone feel very frightened by threatening to kill or hurt them

Usage examples:

Street gangs have been terrorizing the neighbourhood.

noun

A statement of an intention to inflict pain, injury, damage, or other hostile action on someone in retribution for something done or not done.

Usage examples:

Members of her family have received death threats

noun

A statement that someone will be hurt or harmed, esp. if the person does not do something in particular

Usage examples:

She was fired after making threats to her co-workers., [ u ] a threat of rain is in today’s forecas…

noun

A suggestion that something unpleasant or violent will happen, especially if a particular action or order is not followed

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] her parents carried out their threat to take away her mobile phone if her grade…

verb

State one's intention to take hostile action against (someone) in retribution for something done or not done.

Usage examples:

How dare you threaten me?

verb

Utter intentions of injury or punishment against

verb

To tell someone that you will hurt or harm him or her, esp. if the person does not do something in particular

Usage examples:

[ i ] they threatened to drop him from the team if he didn’t come to practice., [ t ] don’t threate…

adjective

Having a hostile or deliberately frightening quality or manner.

Usage examples:

Her mother had received a threatening letter

verb

State one's intention to take hostile action against (someone) in retribution for something done or not done.

Usage examples:

How dare you threaten me?

adjective

Expressing the possibility that something unwanted or unpleasant will happen

Usage examples:

Threatening skies meant a storm was coming., she received several threatening phone calls after her…

adjective

Relating to or resembling thunder.

Usage examples:

A thunderous grey cloud

adjective

Very loud

Usage examples:

Thunderous applause