Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to menace
Participle: menaced
Gerund: menacing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | menace |
| you | menace |
| he;she;it | menaces |
| we | menace |
| you | menace |
| they | menace |
Perfect
| I | have menaced |
| you | have menaced |
| he;she;it | has menaced |
| we | have menaced |
| you | have menaced |
| they | have menaced |
Past
| I | menaced |
| you | menaced |
| he;she;it | menaced |
| we | menaced |
| you | menaced |
| they | menaced |
Pluperfect
| I | had menaced |
| you | had menaced |
| he;she;it | had menaced |
| we | had menaced |
| you | had menaced |
| they | had menaced |
Future
| I | will menace |
| you | will menace |
| he;she;it | will menace |
| we | will menace |
| you | will menace |
| they | will menace |
Future Perfect
| I | will have menaced |
| you | will have menaced |
| he;she;it | will have menaced |
| we | will have menaced |
| you | will have menaced |
| they | will have menaced |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | menace |
| you | menace |
| he;she;it | menace |
| we | menace |
| you | menace |
| they | menace |
Perfect
| I | have menaced |
| you | have menaced |
| he;she;it | have menaced |
| we | have menaced |
| you | have menaced |
| they | have menaced |
Imperfect
| I | menaced |
| you | menaced |
| he;she;it | menaced |
| we | menaced |
| you | menaced |
| they | menaced |
Pluperfect
| I | had menaced |
| you | had menaced |
| he;she;it | had menaced |
| we | had menaced |
| you | had menaced |
| they | had menaced |
Conditional
Present
| I | would menace |
| you | would menace |
| he;she;it | would menace |
| we | would menace |
| you | would menace |
| they | would menace |
Perfect
| I | would have menaced |
| you | would have menaced |
| he;she;it | would have menaced |
| we | would have menaced |
| you | would have menaced |
| they | would have menaced |
Imperative
| you | menace |
| we | Let's menace |
| you | menace |
Verbs conjugated like 'menace'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'menace'
manace,
amenage,
belace,
bename,
deface,
dename,
enact,
enface,
enlace,
enrace,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to fill with fear with intent to deter
- browbeat, bulldoze, bully, cow, dastardize, daunt, dishearten, do down, domineer, hector, intimidate, strong-arm
- threaten
- impend, loom, intimidate, portend
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
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. See: Middle English '
manacen'.
Verbs referencing "menace"
Portuguese
ameaçar, Esperanto
minaci.
Sample Sentences
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to menace a country with war
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My master […] did menace me with death. [c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:]
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The Begums' ministers, on the contrary, to extort from them the disclosure of the place which concealed the treasures, were, […] after being fettered and imprisoned, led out on to a scaffold, and this array of terrours proving unavailing, the meek tempered Middleton, as a dernier resort, menaced them with a confinement in the fortress of Chunargar. Thus, my lords, was a British garrison made the climax of cruelties! [1788 June, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, “Mr. Sheridan’s Speech, on Summing Up the Evidence on the Second, or Begum Charge against Warren Hastings, Esq., Delivered before the High Court of Parliament, June 1788”, in Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary, with Prefatory Remarks by N[athaniel] Chapman, M.D., volume I, [Philadelphia, Pa.]: Published by Hopkins and Earle, no. 170, Market Street, published 1808, →OCLC, page 474:]
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Bradley Barcola, on for Kvaratskhelia, menaced with his jet-heeled pace on the counter. [2026 May 30, David Hytner, “Paris Saint-Germain retain Champions League as Arsenal dream dashed in shootout”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 30 May 2026:]
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Upon his browes was pourtraid vgly death,
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And in his eies the furies of his heart,
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That ſhine as Comets, menacing reueng,
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And caſts a pale complexion on his cheeks. [c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene ii:]
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By oath he menaced / Revenge upon the cardinal. [1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:]