🇬🇧🇪🇸 menace - amenazar : English Lesson

Meaning of "menace" ("amenazar"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

To menace means to act in a way that shows you might really hurt someone or something. If you menace, you scare or threaten them on purpose, like a bully waving a fist, a storm moving closer, or a big dog growling at a cat. It’s stronger than just being a little scary—it’s a serious threat that makes others feel they might get hurt or something bad might happen.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

The teacher’s silent stare could menace the whole class into sitting up straight without her saying a word.

My sister can menace me with just one eyebrow raised; it’s like her superpower of silent threat.

The seagulls would menace our fries at the beach, circling above like a squad of hungry flying pirates.

My alarm clock would menace my dreams every morning, beeping like it was plotting to destroy sleep forever.

Scientists say storms on Jupiter are so huge they can menace whole areas bigger than Earth.

At the market, a tall man menaced the stall owner, leaning close and threatening coins. He menaced the old woman’s hands. He menaced the child's toy. He menaced the open till. Bystanders menaced him with loud voices and a firm clamp on his arm. The man froze and backed away; the stall owner closed the stall with a shaking laugh.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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