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menacing

/ˈmɛnɪsɪŋ/ noun C1
  1. The act of making menaces or threats.

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Its light shone upon his strong, resolute, clean-shaved face and his menacing eyes.
The Valley of Fear, p. 88 · C1
The Count's knotted brows gathered more heavily over his menacing eyes.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 37 · B2
"You can't bluff me, Count Sylvius." Holmes's eyes, as he gazed at him, contracted and lightened until they were like two menacing points of steel.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 38 · B2
A sudden wild-beast light sprang up in the dark, menacing eyes of the master criminal.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 41 · B2

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