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Antonyms for menaced

Grammar : Verb
Spell : men-is
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɛn ɪs

Definition of menaced

Origin :
  • c.1300, "declaration of hostile intent," also "act of threatening," from Old French menace "menace, threat" (9c.), from Vulgar Latin minacia "threat, menace" (also source of Spanish amenaza, Italian minaccia), singular of Latin minaciæ "threatening things," from minax (genitive minacis) "threatening," from minari "threaten, jut, project," from minæ "threats, projecting points," from PIE root *men- (2) "to project." Applied to persons from 1936.
  • verb bother, frighten
Example sentences :
  • He was menaced by this thing in the very sources of his existence.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • The attitude in which he rested his menaced eyes was profoundly meditative.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • Out of his puniness and fright he challenged and menaced the whole wide world.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • Neither did the blot with which the birth of my grandfather was menaced affect me much.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • She would have urged him gently, even then, but he menaced her with his chain.
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • Posnania was menaced by an agrarian strike, but a settlement has been reached.
  • Extract from : « The Paper Moneys of Europe » by Francis W. Hirst
  • For the moment, however, Germany was neither attacked nor menaced.
  • Extract from : « England and Germany » by Emile Joseph Dillon
  • He found his menaced life extremely difficult to get through.
  • Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad
  • He ordered the two men to come up on board and menaced them with his revolver.
  • Extract from : « Falk » by Joseph Conrad
  • Both were dead: it was De Boer with whom we were menaced now.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 » by Various

Synonyms for menaced

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