menace
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
something that is a source of danger
earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan
Types & categories
- danger hypernym
- yellow peril hyponym
Related & opposite
- peril derivation
Sense 2 verb
pose a threat to; present a danger to
The pollution is endangering the crops
Types & categories
- exist hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a threat or the act of threatening
he spoke with desperate menace
Types & categories
- threat hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture
he menaced the bank manager with a stick
Types & categories
- express hypernym
Related & opposite
- menace derivation
Sense 5 verb
act in a threatening manner
A menacing person
Types & categories
- behave hypernym
Related & opposite
- menace derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | peril |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | danger |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | yellow peril |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | risk |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | threat |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | riskiness |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | exist |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | menace |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | menace |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | threat |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | menace |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | express |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | menace |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | behave |