menace
noun
[ ˈmɛnəs ]
• a person or thing that is likely to cause harm; a threat or danger.
• "a new initiative aimed at beating the menace of drugs"
menace
verb
• be a threat or possible danger to.
• "Africa's elephants are still menaced by poaching"
Similar:
threaten,
be a danger to,
put at risk,
jeopardize,
imperil,
loom over,
bully,
intimidate,
issue threats to,
frighten,
scare,
alarm,
terrify,
browbeat,
cow,
terrorize,
threatening,
ominous,
black,
thunderous,
glowering,
brooding,
sinister,
intimidating,
frightening,
terrifying,
fearsome,
mean-looking,
alarming,
forbidding,
baleful,
warning,
minatory,
minacious,
looming,
louring,
in the wind,
impending,
brewing,
dark,
heavy,
portentous,
ugly,
imminent,
bodeful,
Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from late Latin minacia, from Latin minax, minac- ‘threatening’, from minae ‘threats’.
