"menacing" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈmɛnɪsɪŋ/ Forms: more menacing [comparative], most menacing [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} menacing (comparative more menacing, superlative most menacing)
  1. Synonym of threatening in its various senses. Synonyms: threatening [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-menacing-en-adj-i7haHDy1

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɛnɪsɪŋ/ Forms: menacings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} menacing (plural menacings)
  1. The act of making menaces or threats.
    Sense id: en-menacing-en-noun-QlqryzTV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 75 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 70 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 76 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 85 8 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 17 67 16 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 21 65 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 34 51 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 15 72 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 24 60 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 22 63 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 15 72 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 12 77 11

Verb

IPA: /ˈmɛnɪsɪŋ/
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} menacing
  1. present participle and gerund of menace Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: menace Translations (Suggesting imminent harm): menaçant (French), drohend (German), bedrohlich (German), amenințător (Romanian), amenazante [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), intimidante [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), menazante (Spanish) Translations (threatening): menaçant (French), bedrohlich (German), απειλητικός (apeilitikós) (Greek), minax (Latin), minitābundus (Latin), truende (Norwegian Bokmål), amenințător (Romanian), угрожающий (ugrožajuščij) [masculine] (Russian), amenazante [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), intimidante [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), menazante (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-menacing-en-verb-6OO7aPuw

Inflected forms

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      "form": "more menacing",
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "Suggesting imminent harm",
          "word": "menaçant"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Suggesting imminent harm",
          "word": "drohend"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Suggesting imminent harm",
          "word": "bedrohlich"
        },
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          "code": "ro",
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          "word": "amenințător"
        },
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          "code": "es",
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        },
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          "code": "es",
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            "feminine",
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          "word": "intimidante"
        },
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        },
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        },
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "apeilitikós",
          "sense": "threatening",
          "word": "απειλητικός"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "threatening",
          "word": "minax"
        },
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "threatening",
          "word": "minitābundus"
        },
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "threatening",
          "word": "truende"
        },
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "threatening",
          "word": "amenințător"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "ugrožajuščij",
          "sense": "threatening",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "угрожающий"
        },
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          "sense": "threatening",
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          "word": "amenazante"
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      "ipa": "/ˈmɛnɪsɪŋ/"
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          "text": "1824-1826, William Cobbett, History of the Protestant Reformation\nThey remember his subornings, menacings, bribings, cuttings, maimings, hangings, and burnings."
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "Suggesting imminent harm",
      "word": "menaçant"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Suggesting imminent harm",
      "word": "drohend"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Suggesting imminent harm",
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      "sense": "Suggesting imminent harm",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "threatening",
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      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apeilitikós",
      "sense": "threatening",
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "threatening",
      "word": "minax"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "threatening",
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      "sense": "threatening",
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "threatening",
      "word": "amenințător"
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