menace

n. அச்சுறுத்தும் செய்தி, பேச்சுறுத்து, (வினை) அச்சுறுத்து.

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Synonyms

#noun threat, denunciation, threatening

Antonyms

#noun good_will, blessing

Men"ace, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. minaciae threats, menaces, fr. minax, - acis, projecting, threatening, minae projecting points or pinnacles, threats. Cf. Amenable, Demean, Imminent, Minatory.] Defn: The show of an intention to inflict evil; a threat or threatening; indication of a probable evil or catastrophe to come. His (the pope's) commands, his rebukes, his menaces. Milman. The dark menace of the distant war. Dryden. Men"ace, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Menaced (ast); p. pr. & vb. n. Menacing.] Etym: [OF. menacier, F. menacer. See Menace, n.] 1. To express or show an intention to inflict, or to hold out a prospect of inflicting, evil or injury upon; to threaten; -- usually followed by with before the harm threatened; as, to menace a country with war. My master . . . did menace me with death. Shak. 2. To threaten, as an evil to be inflicted. By oath he menaced Revenge upon the cardinal. Shak. Men"ace, v. i. Defn: To act in threatening manner; to wear a threatening aspect. Who ever knew the heavens menace so Shak.

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