Menace and Tempt

Menace

Menace verb - To place in danger.

Tempt and menace are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tempt" instead a verb "Menace".

Nearby Words: menacing, menaced

Tempt

Tempt verb - To take a chance on.
Usage example: refusing to lay in enough food for the long winter tempts the dangers of starvation

Menace and tempt are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Menace" instead a verb "Tempt".

Nearby Words: tempting, temptation, tempter

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

humanity menace humanity tempt humanity
character menace character tempt character
hero menace hero tempt hero
people menace people tempt people
Other words: children, someone, time, characters, father, player, drake, everyone, humans, times, kids, victims, protagonists.
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