Meanings
comparative more menacing · superlative most menacing
- Synonym of threatening in its various senses.
menacing look
2 more examples
menacing smile
menacing tone of voice
Synonyms: threatening
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of menace
plural menacings
- The act of making menaces or threats.
1824-1826, William Cobbett, History of the Protestant Reformation They remember his subornings, menacings, bribings, cuttings, maimings, hangings, and burnings.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of threatening in its various senses.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivethreatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
French menaçant, menaçant
- menaçantpresenting a threat
- menaçantmaking threats
German drohend, bedrohlich
- drohendpresenting a threat
- bedrohlichpresenting a threat
- bedrohlichmaking threats
Greek απειλητικός
- απειλητικός (apeilitikós)making threats
Latin minax, minitābundus
- minaxmaking threats
- minitābundusmaking threats
Norwegian Bokmål truende
- truendemaking threats
Romanian amenințător, amenințător
- amenințătorpresenting a threat
- amenințătormaking threats
Russian угрожающий
- угрожающий (ugrožajuščij)making threats
Spanish amenazante, amenazador
- amenazantepresenting a threat
- amenazadorpresenting a threat
- amenazantemaking threats
- menazantemaking threats
- amenazadormaking threats
Cite this entry
menacing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/menacing
“menacing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/menacing. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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