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HOME | Definition of minatory (MINATORY, Minatory)


    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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