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menace [mənas]feminine noun* * *mənasnom féminin threat* * *mənas nf* * *menace nf threat; menaces de mort death threats; faire peser une menace sur qn/qch to pose a threat to sb/sth; menaces en l'air idle threats; geste de menace menacing ou threatening gesture; céder à/employer la menace to give in to/to use threats; obtenir de l'argent par la menace to obtain money with menaces; sous la menace [avouer, signer] under duress; tenir qn sous la menace d'une révélation/d'un divorce to threaten sb with a revelation/a divorce; tenir qn sous la menace d'une arme to hold sb at gunpoint; faire qch sous la menace d'une arme to do sth at gunpoint.[mənas] nom fémininune menace pour l'ordre public a danger ou menace ou threat to law and order2. [acte, parole] threatla victime avait reçu des menaces de mort the victim had been threatened with his life ou had received death threatsun geste de menace a threatening ou menacing gestureton lourd ou plein de menace tone heavy ou fraught with menaceIf you don't stop that noise, I'll call the police! Si vous n'arrêtez pas ce tapage, j'appelle la police !Get out before I say something I'll regret! Sors d'ici, ou tu vas me faire dire des choses désagréables !Leave her alone, or else! Laisse-la tranquille, sinon... !You'll be sorry you said that! Je vais te faire regretter d'avoir dit ça !I'm warning you, you'd better not say anything. Je te préviens, tu as intérêt à ne rien direIf you ever do that again,...! Si jamais tu recommences,... !Don't say I didn't warn you! Je t'aurai prévenu !Just you try it! Essaie un peu pour voir !
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foreboding — [fôr bōd′iŋ, fôr′bōd΄iŋ] n. [OE forebodung] a prediction, portent, or presentiment, esp. of something bad or harmful adj. characterized by foreboding SYN. OMINOUS forebodingly adv … English World dictionary
Foreboding — Fore*bod ing, n. Presage of coming ill; expectation of misfortune. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
foreboding — index admonition, apprehension (fear), caution (warning), expectation, fear, misgiving, pessimisti … Law dictionary
foreboding — (n.) late 14c., a predilection, portent, omen, from FORE (Cf. fore ) + verbal noun from BODE (Cf. bode). Meaning sense of something bad about to happen is from c.1600. Old English forebodung meant prophecy … Etymology dictionary
foreboding — n misgiving, presentiment, *apprehension Analogous words: *foretoken, presage, omen, portent, augury, prognostic: forewarning, warning (see WARN) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
foreboding — [n] misgiving, bad omen anxiety, apprehension, apprehensiveness, augury, bad vibes*, chill, dread, fear, foreshadowing, foretoken, forewarning, funny feeling*, handwriting on the wall*, portent, prediction, premonition, prenotion, presage,… … New thesaurus
foreboding — ► NOUN ▪ fearful apprehension. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ ominous. DERIVATIVES forebodingly adverb … English terms dictionary
foreboding — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ dark, deep VERB + FOREBODING ▪ feel, have ▪ I felt a gloomy foreboding that something was going to go wrong. ▪ … Collocations dictionary
foreboding — n. 1) a gloomy foreboding 2) a foreboding that + clause (I have a foreboding that there will be a bad storm) * * * [fɔː bəʊdɪŋ] a gloomy foreboding a foreboding that + clause (I have a foreboding that there will be a bad storm) … Combinatory dictionary
foreboding — [[t]fɔː(r)bo͟ʊdɪŋ[/t]] forebodings 1) N VAR Foreboding is a strong feeling that something terrible is going to happen. His triumph was overshadowed by an uneasy sense of foreboding. 2) ADJ GRADED If you describe something as foreboding, you mean… … English dictionary
Foreboding — Forebode Fore*bode , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foreboded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Foreboding}.] [AS. forebodian; fore + bodian to announce. See {Bode} v. t.] 1. To foretell. [1913 Webster] 2. To be prescient of (some ill or misfortune); to have an inward… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
