menacing look
Intimidating facial expression
A menacing look is a facial expression that conveys threat or intimidation—narrowed eyes, a hard stare, perhaps a slight forward tilt of the head.
It signals hostile intent without words: He shot me a menacing look across the room.
The phrase often appears in narrative descriptions of tense confrontations.
- glareFierce stare or brightness
- stareProlonged fixed gaze
- cold stareHostile, unblinking gaze
- hard stareProlonged intense gaze
- scowlAngry facial expression
glower · mean mug · sneer · side eye · stink eye · intimidating · threatening · hostile · piercing · cold · steely · daggers · narrowed · beady eyes · frown · ominous · sinister · warning