menace
/ˈmenɪs/ nounDefinition
DANGER [C] › something that is likely to cause harm: [usually singular] Drunk drivers are a menace to everyone. the menace of industrial pollution
QUALITY [U] › a dangerous quality that makes you think someone is going to do something bad: His eyes were cold and filled with menace.
(Definition of menace noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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