menacing

men·acing/ˈmɛnɪsɪŋ/adjective, noun, verb

menacing is spelled M-E-N-A-C-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables (men·acing). It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,965th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, menacing means “Synonym of threatening in its various senses” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in menacing?

Letters	8: M-E-N-A-C-I-N-G
Syllables	2: men·acing
In writing	1.5 times per million words; the 22,965th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searched	none measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is menacing?

Menacing appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,965th most frequent word form in the list.

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Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce menacing?

/ˈmɛnɪsɪŋ/

Menacing has 2 syllables, split men·acing in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-menacing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of menacing

more menacing comparative
most menacing superlative
menacings plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does menacing mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

1
Synonym of threatening in its various senses.
menacing look

noun

1
The act of making menaces or threats.

verb

1
present participle and gerund of menace (a form of menace)