menacing
adjective
[ ˈmɛnɪsɪŋ ]
• suggesting the presence of danger; threatening.
• "our officers encountered menacing looks from teenagers"
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’.
