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Synonyms for menace
ˈmɛn ɪsmen·ace

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 1 vote

  1. menacenoun

    Synonyms:
    threat, denunciation, threatening

    Antonyms:
    good will, blessing

Princeton's WordNet4.2 / 5 votes

  1. menace, threatnoun

    something that is a source of danger

    "earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan"

    Synonyms:
    threat, scourge, terror

  2. menaceverb

    a threat or the act of threatening

    "he spoke with desperate menace"

    Synonyms:
    threat

  3. endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, perilverb

    pose a threat to; present a danger to

    "The pollution is endangering the crops"

    Synonyms:
    imperil, stake, threaten, venture, peril, jeopardise, endanger, hazard, jeopardize, scupper, expose, adventure

  4. menaceverb

    express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture

    "he menaced the bank manager with a stick"

    Synonyms:
    jeopardize, peril, threaten, jeopardise, endanger, imperil

  5. menaceverb

    act in a threatening manner

    "A menacing person"

    Synonyms:
    jeopardize, peril, threaten, jeopardise, endanger, imperil

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Dictionary of English Synonymes2.0 / 2 votes

  1. menaceverb

    Synonyms:
    threaten, denounce, defy

  2. menacenoun

    Synonyms:
    threat, threatening, denunciation

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. menacenoun

    Synonyms:
    threat, threatening

  2. menaceverb

    Synonyms:
    threaten

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "menace":

    threat, danger, scourge, threatens, threats, threatening

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How to use menace in a sentence?

  1. Mehrdad Khonsari:

    One of the allegations made constantly against Iran, and in order to raise the hype against Iran, is this constant harping on the fact that Iran is the largest state sponsor of terrorism, but the reality is the world is not concerned with the largest state sponsor of terrorism, because the biggest worry, the biggest menace in the area of terrorism comes not from states but non-state actors like ISIS and Al Qaeda.

  2. Kipchoge Keino:

    I have personally tried to reach government officials to agree on how to act on this menace but I don’t get appointments. I make calls that are unanswered.

  3. Kevin McAleenan:

    In our modern age, the continued menace of racially based violent extremism, particularly White supremacist extremism, is an abhorrent affront to the nation, the struggle and unity of its diverse population.

  4. Franklin Delano Roosevelt:

    Concentration of wealth and power has been built upon other people's money, other people's business, other people's labor. Under this concentration, independent business has been a menace to American society.

  5. Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel:

    Those who accuse democratically elected politicians of treason, call them 'parties of the system' and menace journalists as 'lying press' - they are very close to the language of the enemies of democracy, the Nazis of the '20s and '30s.


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