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Synonyms & Antonyms of menacing
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come
- warns that the emergence of new viruses is one of the most menacing developments we face
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- black,
- bleak,
- cheerless,
- chill,
- Cimmerian,
- cloudy,
- cold,
- comfortless,
- dark,
- darkening,
- depressing,
- depressive,
- desolate,
- dim,
- disconsolate,
- dismal,
- drear,
- dreary,
- dreich
- [chiefly Scottish],
- elegiac
- (also elegiacal),
- forlorn,
- funereal,
- gloomy,
- glum,
- godforsaken,
- gray
- (also grey),
- lonely,
- lonesome,
- lugubrious,
- miserable,
- morbid,
- morose,
- murky,
- plutonian,
- saturnine,
- sepulchral,
- somber
- (or sombre),
- sullen,
- sunless,
- tenebrific,
- tenebrous,
- wretched
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2
involving potential loss or injury
- fears that the unemployment rate may be reaching menacing proportions
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menacing
verb
present participle of menace
Synonyms & Antonyms of menacing (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to place in danger
- menaced the children by leaving them in the car unattended
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- adventuring,
- compromising,
- endangering,
- gambling (with),
- hazarding,
- imperiling
- (or imperilling),
- jeoparding,
- jeopardizing,
- periling
- (also perilling),
- risking,
- venturing
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2
to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on
- stockpiles of nuclear weapons that continue to menace the inhabitants of this planet
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- endangering,
- hazarding,
- imperiling
- (or imperilling),
- jeopardizing,
- periling
- (also perilling)
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“Menacing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/menacing. Accessed 20 Sep. 2021.
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