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menace

noun
/ˈmɛnɪs/

Etymology

First attested in 1303: from Middle English manacen, from Old French menacer, manecier, manechier and Anglo-Norman manasser, from the assumed Vulgar Latin *mināciāre, from Latin minācia, whence the noun.

  1. derived from minācia
  2. derived from *mināciāre✻
  3. derived from manasser
  4. derived from menacer
  5. inherited from manacen

Definitions

  1. A perceived threat or danger.

    • the dark menace of the distant war.

  2. The act of threatening.

  3. An annoying and bothersome person or thing.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. To make threats against (someone)

      To make threats against (someone); to intimidate.

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

    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.
      • By oath he menaced / Revenge upon the cardinal.

    3. To endanger (someone or something)

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at menace. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01menace02annoying03irritation04annoys05annoy06bother07irritate08provoke09angry10menacing

A definitional loop anchored at menace. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at menace

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA