menace
/ˈmɛnəs/
noun
- A person or thing that is likely to cause harm or danger.
- That dog is a menace to the neighborhood because it bites.
- The broken step was a menace to anyone walking up the stairs.
- Pollution is a serious menace to public health.
- A threatening quality or feeling.
- There was a menace in his voice that made everyone quiet.
- She could feel the menace in the stranger's stare.
- The dark clouds carried a sense of menace before the storm.