Thesaurus / menace
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The country seems obsessed with imposing, bluff-fronted SUVs and trucks these days, and the Highlander conforms to this trend, albeit with less implicit menace than others have achieved.
THE TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID IS A BIG THREE-ROW WITH A BUZZY ENGINEJONATHAN M. GITLINMARCH 5, 2021ARS TECHNICAThe energy swelled, ideas improved, and the menace returned.
ROSE LAVELLE LIFTS U.S. WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM PAST CANADA AT SHEBELIEVES CUPSTEVEN GOFFFEBRUARY 19, 2021WASHINGTON POSTNow the counterterrorism apparatus has to shift its aim to a new menace, one that is more opaque and diffuse than Islamist networks, experts said.
GLOBAL RIGHT-WING EXTREMISM NETWORKS ARE GROWING. THE U.S. IS JUST NOW CATCHING UP.BY SEBASTIAN ROTELLAJANUARY 22, 2021PROPUBLICAIf they knock off the Tampa Bay Buccaneers next weekend, it’ll be because Sean Payton understood his team had shifted away from a points machine under Brees to a defensive menace.
WHAT TO KNOW FROM NFL PLAYOFFS FIRST ROUND: LAMAR JACKSON WINS AND TOM BRADY FINDS A WAYADAM KILGOREJANUARY 11, 2021WASHINGTON POSTWildfires in the West, hurricanes around the world, and an increasingly volatile climate were already a menace as the overheated Earth continued to run a fever.
2020: WATCH THE YEAR IN REVIEWJEFFREY KLUGERDECEMBER 11, 2020TIMEThe menace of a thunder-cloud approached as in his childhood's dream; disaster lurked behind the quiet outer show.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODIt was clear to every thinking man, American or European, that the control of such a formidable body was a menace to peace.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMANWhen vicious animals are kept for any purpose and are a menace to human beings they are a nuisance.
PUTNAM'S HANDY LAW BOOK FOR THE LAYMANALBERT SIDNEY BOLLESI dare not envy many a man:Who runs his life-race well; Whose brave, undaunted peasant bloodDeath's menace cannot quell.
CHARLES BAUDELAIRE, HIS LIFETHOPHILE GAUTIERThe worst cases we have are girls, and it is quite clear some of them are an absolute menace.
REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON MORAL DELINQUENCY IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTSOSWALD CHETTLE MAZENGARB ET AL.SYNONYM OF THE DAY
JUNE 20, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO MENACE
- approach
- await
- be at hand
- be coming
- be forthcoming
- be imminent
- be in the cards
- be in the wind
- be near
- become visible
- break through
- brew
- bulk
- come forth
- come into view
- come on
- come on the scene
- dawn
- dominate
- emanate
- emerge
- figure
- gather
- hang over
- hover
- impend
- impress
- issue
- lower
- make up
- menace
- mount
- near
- overhang
- overshadow
- overtop
- portend
- rear
- rise
- seem huge
- seem large
- show
- soar
- stand out
- take shape
- threaten
- top
- tower
- approached
- awaited
- be came
- became visible
- brewed
- broke through
- bulked
- came forth
- came into view
- came on
- came on the scene
- dawned
- dominated
- emanated
- emerged
- figured
- gathered
- hovered
- hung over
- impended
- impressed
- issued
- lowered
- made up
- menaced
- mounted
- neared
- overhung
- overshadowed
- overtoped
- portended
- reared
- rose
- seemed huge
- seemed large
- showed
- soared
- stood out
- threatened
- took shape
- topped
- towered
- was at hand
- was forthcoming
- was imminent
- was in the cards
- was in the wind
- was near
- be suspending
- beetling
- being imminent
- casting a shadow
- commanding
- dangling over
- drooping over
- endangering
- extending
- flapping over
- impending
- jutting
- looming
- menacing
- overtoping
- poking
- portending
- pouching
- projecting
- protruding
- rising above
- standing out
- sticking out
- swinging over
- threatening
- tower above
- adventure
- be caught short
- beard
- brave
- chance
- compromise
- confront
- dare
- defy
- defy danger
- encounter
- endanger
- expose to danger
- face
- gamble
- go out of one's depth
- hang by a thread
- hazard
- imperil
- jeopardize
- jeopardy
- leap before looking
- leave to luck
- meet
- menace
- peril
- play with fire
- plunge
- put in jeopardy
- run the chance
- run the risk
- skate on thin ice
- speculate
- tackle
- take a flyer
- take a header
- take a plunge
- take on
- take the liberty
- venture
- wager
- adventuring
- be catching short
- bearding
- braving
- chancing
- compromising
- confronting
- daring
- defying
- defying danger
- encountering
- endangering
- exposing to danger
- facing
- gambling
- going out of one's depth
- hanging by a thread
- hazarding
- imperiling
- jeopardizing
- jeopardying
- leaping before looking
- leaving to lucking
- meeting
- menacing
- periling
- playing with fire
- plunging
- putting in jeopardy
- running the chance
- running the risk
- skate on thin ice
- speculating
- tackling
- taking a flyer
- taking a header
- taking a plunge
- taking on
- taking the liberty
- venturing
- wagering
- adventures
- be catches short
- beards
- braves
- chances
- compromises
- confronts
- dares
- defies
- defies danger
- encounters
- endangers
- exposes to danger
- faces
- gambles
- goes out of one's depth
- hangs by a thread
- hazards
- imperils
- jeopardies
- jeopardizes
- leaps before looks
- leaves to lucks
- meets
- menaces
- perils
- plays with fire
- plunges
- puts in jeopardy
- runs the chance
- runs the risk
- skate on thin ice
- speculates
- tackles
- takes a flyer
- takes a header
- takes a plunge
- takes on
- takes the liberty
- ventures
- wagers
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