menacing

(eg. synonym, human, freedom )

menacing  /ˈmɛ nə sɪŋ/ ? Meaning of "menacing"

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Definition(s):

  • (adj) threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

Synonym(s)

forbidding, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening

Usage(s):

  1. Add in group founder Eazy-E's oddly menacing high-pitched snarl, and support from MC Ren and DJ Yella and it made for a true gang-bangin' all-star team.
  2. Along with Luke, Darth Vader will be back, as menacing as ever, as will Princess Leia, Han Solo, the Wookie Chewbacca and computerdom's cutest robots, Artoo Detoo and Threepio.
  3. And those menacing the shorelines are simply the outriders of giant shoals that marine biologists have identified hovering between Corsica and France's southern shores.
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