menacing
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me - na - cing -> menacing
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၁။ [C usu sing ] (က) ~ (to sb/sth) အန္တရာယ်။ Plastic bags are a menace to the environment. (ခ) (infml or joc ) အန္တရာယ်။ (ဗန်း) ဓမ္မန္တရာယ်။ That child is a menace! Take her away!
၂။ [U] ခြိမ်းခြောက်မှု။ ကြောက်မက်ဖွယ်။ in a speech filled with menace ❍ a film that creates an atmosphere of menace.
၃။ menaces [pl] (esp law ) ခြိမ်းခြောက်ခြင်း။ ခြောက်လှန့်ခြင်း။ demand money with menaces.
v ခြိမ်းခြောက်သည်။ အန္တရာယ်ရင်ဆိုင်ရသည်။ countries menaced by war.
❏ menacing adj ခြိမ်းမောင်းသော။ အန္တရာယ်ပြုသော။ a menacing growl ❍ Their gestures grew more menacing.
❏ menacingly adv အန္တရာယ်ပြုမည့်ဟန်ဖြင့်။ move menacingly towards sb.
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threat, danger, hazard, peril, alarm, annoyance, bad-eye, bother, browbeat, bully, caution, chill, commination, compromise, danger; pest, endanger, frighten, hang over, impend, imperil, intimidate, intimidation, jeopardize, jeopardy, lean on, loom, loom over, lower, nuisance, overhang, pain in the neck, pest, pick on, plague, portend, push around, put heat on, risk, scare, scare hell out of, spook, terrorize, thorn in one's side, thorn in the flesh, threaten, thunder, torment, trouble, troublemaker, warning, whip around
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