menace

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈmɛnɪs/

Verb

intransitive transitive

Japanese Meaning

脅迫する、脅す / 威嚇する、威圧する / 危険に晒す、巻き込む

The corrupt official tried to menace the whistleblower into silence.

その腐敗した役人は内部告発者を黙らせるために脅迫した。

Sense（1）

(transitive) To make threats against (someone); to intimidate.

to menace a country with war

Sense（2）

To threaten (an evil to be inflicted).

Upon his browes was pourtraid vgly death,

And in his eies the furies of his heart,

That ſhine as Comets, menacing reueng,

And caſts a pale complexion on his cheeks.

Sense（3）

To endanger (someone or something); to imperil or jeopardize.

menaces

（ present singular third-person ）

menacing

（ participle present ）

menaced

（ participle past ）

menaced

（ past ）