Minatory \Min"a*to*ry\, a. [L. minatorius, fr. minari to
threaten. See Menace.]
Threatening; menacing. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
minatory
adj : threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a
baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone
became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent";
"sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his
threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the
situation became ugly" [syn: baleful, forbidding, menacing,
minacious, ominous, sinister, threatening, ugly]
WordNet (r) 2.0
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "minatory":
abusive, bludgeoning, blustering, browbeating, bulldozing,
bullying, comminatory, denunciatory, fear-inspiring, foreboding,
hectoring, imminent, intimidating, lowering, menacing, minacious,
ominous, terroristic, terrorizing, threatening, threatful
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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