Synonyms for menacing
men·ac·ing

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1. baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threateningadjective

   threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

   "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly"

   Synonyms:
   grim, inauspicious, sullen, minacious, baneful, lowering, black, baleful, dark, sinister, heavy, minatory, dour, ominous, ill, forbidding, threatening

   Antonyms:
   unalarming

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1. menacingadjective

   Synonyms:
   threatening, minatory

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1. List of paraphrases for "menacing":

   threatening

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1. Kim Lewis:

   The discovery of this novel compound challenges long-held scientific beliefs and holds great promise for treating an array of menacing infections.

2. Donald Trump:

   Russia is a menacing government that does not share our interests and it does not share our values.

3. Aleister Crowley:

   The pious pretence that evil does not exist only makes it vague, enormous and menacing.

4. Magnus Ranstorp:

   It's quite important for families of the victims, they know where to focus. They know there is one particular person who has been named who authorities will focus on and who will live for the rest of his life knowing that every day he will face a possible drone attack. Now that he is known, he may not be as menacing as he once was.

5. Bryan Freedman:

   Yet more lies from the same disturbed individual who has been stalking and menacing Wes, his family and his friends for years, as is well known, this person tried to extort Wes for millions of dollars and, after he refused to pay her a penny, launched an unceasing campaign of harassment against my client.