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Word entry · 6 letters

menace

Best crossword clue

"Threat"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈmɛnɪs/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aceemnStarts with MEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. act in a threatening manner

Word origin

From Middle English manace, from Old French manace, menace, &c., from Late Latin minācia (“threat, menace”), from Latin mināx (“threatening”) + -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns).

Used in a sentence

  • the dark menace of the distant war.
  • to menace a country with war
  • My master […] did menace me with death.

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