MEANING
To threaten someone or expose them to danger.
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Words that belong together
- menace a settlement
- menacing behavior
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The armed group menaced the settlement without entering it.
The unexplained failures menaced the expedition’s return.
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Word forms
- Base
- menace
- Past tense
- menaced
- Past participle
- menaced
- Present participle
- menacing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- menace
- Present continuous
- am/is/are menacing
- Present perfect
- have/has menaced
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been menacing
- Past
- menaced
- Past continuous
- was/were menacing
- Past perfect
- had menaced
- Past perfect continuous
- had been menacing
- Future
- will menace
- Future continuous
- will be menacing
- Future perfect
- will have menaced
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been menacing
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: menace; menaces; menaced; menaced; menacing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: menaces.
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