menace noun
1 danger
ADJ. growing, increased, increasing the growing menace of drugs | serious
VERB + MENACE pose the menace posed by car fumes | combat, counter Shop owners are struggling to combat the menace of armed robbery.
PREP. ~ to He's a menace to society.
2 threatening quality
ADJ. hidden, quiet, silent ‘Where do you think you're going?’ he said with quiet menace.
PREP. with ~ eyes glittering with menace
PHRASES an air of menace The scar down his face added to his air of menace.
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