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Meanings of menacing in inglés

Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments.

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Usage of menacing in inglés
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Neither do I want any menacing talk of a Christmas general election.
The Irish Times
2
Talk can be emollient, talk can be suggestive, talk can be menacing.
The Irish Times
3
The result was far more menacing than plain bone would have been.
Riding rockets
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It is particularly menacing on the night after our national saint's day.
The Irish Times
5
Perhaps the menacing cloud she'd seen earlier had backed off, gone away.
A change in altitude
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In a slightly menacing tone, it said: Coffee rust is the enemy.
BBC
7
She didn't believe in ghosts, but something about the area felt menacing.
Cross My Heart, Hope to Die
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The shadows of the room grew menacing; the very silence became horrible.
The Hand of Fu-Manchu / Being a New Phase in the Activities of F...
9
They were beginning to look more menacing just before Fred's critical error.
The Guardian
10
Young Officer Blackstone also worked up his version of a menacing expression.
The Kingmaker
11
He was very pale; there was a menacing fire in his eyes.
When Valmond Came to Pontiac: The Story of a Lost Napoleon. Volu...
12
There was something menacing in the very uncertainty which possessed the masses.
Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 03
13
Conscious of the menacing Chamber of Justice, almost all fell into line.
Millionaire: the philanderer, gambler, and duelist who invented ...
14
On the east the tremendous power of Abyssinia loomed terrible and menacing.
The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan
15
The northern powers professed neutrality; but their neutrality had a menacing aspect.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3
16
Barbara leaned in toward her in the menacing manner of certain men.
The bourne objective
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common