menacing

Definition of menacing

Adjectives

threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
"his tone became menacing"
Synonyms:
baleful, forbidding, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening
alarming
frightening because of an awareness of danger

Vocabulary Lists for menacing

Call of the Wild »(76 words)
  • primitive
  • interlace
  • imperious
  • sate
  • aristocrat

Dark Scary Things »(37 words)
  • scary
  • chilling
  • shivery
  • terrorize
  • terrify

2008-02-13 (Word List - 1.05) »(11 words)
  • menacing
  • minatory
  • ominous
  • odious
  • detestable

2008-02-13 (Word List - 1.01) »(14 words)
  • depredation
  • turgid
  • menacing
  • cliche
  • dour

feelings »(5461 words)
open
  • happy
  • alive
  • good
  • understanding
  • great

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz »(2027 words)
  • piglet
  • wizard
  • Eureka
  • sawhorse
  • gargoyle

20080910 »(808 words)
  • heuristic
  • stash
  • protagonist
  • crackdown
  • dent

GRE Prep »(600 words)
  • aberrant
  • anomaly
  • approbation
  • assuage
  • audacious

Words that contain menacing

menacingly