menaced
Variant of menace
men·ace (men′əs)
noun
- a threat or the act of threatening
- anything threatening harm or evil
- Informal a person who is a nuisance
Etymology: OFr < L minacia < minax (gen. minacis), projecting, threatening < minari, to threaten < minae, threats, orig. projecting points of walls < IE base *men-, to project > Cornish meneth, mountain
Related Forms:
- menacingly men′·ac·ingly adverb
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