Front | menace |
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Back | 1 [countable] something or someone that is dangerous SYN threathttps://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/dangerous menace of It’s the only way to deal with the menace of drug dealing. menace to That man’s a menace to society. He should be locked away. the growing menace of oil pollution at sea 2 [uncountable] a threatening https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/threaten quality , feeling, or way of https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/quality behaving https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/behave There was menace in his voice. air/sense of menace There was a sense of menace as the sky grew darker. 3 [countable] a person, especially a child, who is annoying or causes https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/annoy trouble SYN nuisancehttps://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/trouble My little brother’s a real menace. |
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