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minatory | menace |

As an adjective minatory

is threatening]], [[menace|menacing.

As a verb menace is

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minatory

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Threatening]], [[menace, menacing.
  • * 1887 : Number 3, Lauriston Gardens wore an ill-omened and minatory look. —
  • *1888 , , The Reverberator .
  • *:[H]er father quietly addressed a few words, by letter, to George Flack. This communication was not of a minatory order; it expressed on the contrary the loose sociability which was the essence of Mr. Dosson's nature.
  • * 1997': In the cottage next to the post office Alma Crumble broke her wrist stirring batter, at which the Bug declared in a '''minatory tone that 'That was enough of that.' — , ''The Haunted Tea-Cosy
  • * 1995': She shook hands firmly with

    • Synonyms

    * minacious, ominous, sinister

    References

    * Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day: The Word of the Day for November 24, 2007 is: minatory

    menace

    English

    Etymology 1

    First attested ante 1300: from the (etyl) manace, menace, from the (etyl) .

    Noun

    (menaces)
  • a perceived threat or danger
  • * Dryden
    • the dark menace of the distant war
  • the act of threatening
  • an annoying and bothersome person

    • References

    * “ menace, n.'']” listed in the '' [2nd Ed.; 1989

    Etymology 2

    First attested in 1303: from the (etyl) menacer, manecier, manechier and the (etyl) manasser, from the assumed , whence .

    Verb

    (transitive'' or ''intransitive )
  • To make threats against (someone); to intimidate.
    • to menace a country with war
  • * Shakespeare
    • My master did menace me with death.
  • To threaten (an evil to be inflicted).
  • * Shakespeare
    • By oath he menaced / Revenge upon the cardinal.
  • To endanger (someone or something); to imperil or jeopardize.

    • References

    * “ menace, v.'']” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989 ----