"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

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), amenințător (Romanian), amenazante [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), intimidante [feminine, masculine] (Spanish) Translations (threatening): menaçant (French), απειλητικός (apeilitikós) (Greek), minax (Latin), minitābundus (Latin), truende (Norwegian Bokmål), amenințător (Romanian), угрожающий (ugrožajuščij) [masculine] (Russian), amenazante [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), intimidante [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-menacing-en-verb-6OO7aPuw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 24 65

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for menacing meaning in English (3.2kB)

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