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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MINA'CIOUS, a. [L. minax, from minor, to threaten.]
Threatening; menacing.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: 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, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Minacious Mi*na"cious, a. [L. minax, -acis. See Menace.] Threatening; menacing. [R.]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Threatening, menacing, minatory.