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# menacing

«menacing» in Mova's school dictionary: **Seeming likely to cause harm; threatening: «a menacing look»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (menacing; more menacing, most menacing); verb (menace, menaces, menaced, menacing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Seeming likely to cause harm; threatening: «a menacing look». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/menacing/#m1)

2) (verb) Threatening or putting someone or something in danger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/menacing/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories this word builds fear: menacing clouds, a menacing growl, menacing faces in the Wild Wood. In everyday safety talk, a menacing dog or stranger means: get away and tell an adult.

### examples

- The dog gave a menacing growl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/menacing/#x1)
- Menacing clouds gathered over the hills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/menacing/#x2)
- The Mole saw menacing faces in the Wild Wood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/menacing/#x3)
- The bully gave him a menacing look. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/menacing/#x4)
- The weasels came forward with menacing sticks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/menacing/#x5)
- A menacing silence fell over the room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/menacing/#x6)
- The cleric wrapped himself into himself, and became lean and menacing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/menacing/#x7)

### note

From «menace» (a threat or danger, or an annoying person: «Dennis the Menace»). Similar: threatening, sinister, frightening.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «menacing» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/menacing/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.