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Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments.
threatening
sinister
ominous
forbidding
baleful
minatory
minacious
alarming
1
Neither do I want any
menacing
talk of a Christmas general election.
2
Talk can be emollient, talk can be suggestive, talk can be
menacing
.
3
The result was far more
menacing
than plain bone would have been.
4
It is particularly
menacing
on the night after our national saint's day.
5
Perhaps the
menacing
cloud she'd seen earlier had backed off, gone away.
6
In a slightly
menacing
tone, it said: Coffee rust is the enemy.
7
She didn't believe in ghosts, but something about the area felt
menacing
.
8
The shadows of the room grew
menacing
;
the very silence became horrible.
9
They were beginning to look more
menacing
just before Fred's critical error.
10
Young Officer Blackstone also worked up his version of a
menacing
expression.
11
He was very pale; there was a
menacing
fire in his eyes.
12
There was something
menacing
in the very uncertainty which possessed the masses.
13
Conscious of the
menacing
Chamber of Justice, almost all fell into line.
14
On the east the tremendous power of Abyssinia loomed terrible and
menacing
.
15
The northern powers professed neutrality; but their neutrality had a
menacing
aspect.
16
Barbara leaned in toward her in the
menacing
manner of certain men.
menacing
menace
more menacing
so menacing
menacing gesture
menacing growl
menacing voice