Hypertext Webster Gateway: "minatory"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Minatory \Min"a*to*ry\, a. [L. minatorius, fr. minari to
threaten. See {Menace}.]
Threatening; menacing. --Bacon.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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