Menace and Pressure

Menace

Menace noun - Something that may cause injury or harm.

Pressure and menace are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pressure" instead the word "Menace" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: menacing, menaced

Pressure

Pressure noun - The use of power to impose one's will on another.
Usage example: pressure from their peers can often cause teens to do things that they normally wouldn't consider

Menace and pressure are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Menace" instead the word "Pressure" as a verb or a noun.

How words are described

physical physical menace physical pressure
similar similar menace similar pressure
sheer sheer menace sheer pressure
constant constant menace constant pressure
Other adjectives: great, serious, little, social, international.

Common collocations

people menace people pressure people
children menace children pressure children
family menace family pressure family
someone menace someone pressure someone
Other words: legion, time, victim.

Both words in one sentence

  • Monster: Wolfgang Grimmer is a very laid back and friendly journalist, who under pressure or menace snaps into a berserker-like state that he calls "The Magnificent Steiner", after a Hulk-like show he watched when he was a kid.
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