Menacer

men·ace  (mns)

n.

1.

a. A possible danger; a threat: the menace of nuclear war.

b. The act of threatening.

2. A troublesome or annoying person: a toddler who was a menace in a shop full of crystal.

v. men·aced, men·ac·ing, men·ac·es

v.tr.

1. To utter threats against.

2. To constitute a threat to; endanger.

v.intr.

To make threats.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *mincia, sing. of Latin minciae, threats, menaces, from minx, minc-, threatening, from minr, to threaten, from minae, threats; see men-² in Indo-European roots.]

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menac·er n.

menac·ing·ly adv.