Adjacent Words

Minatory definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MIN'ATORY, a. 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]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Late Latin minatorius, from Latin minari to threaten — more at mount Date: 1532 having a menacing quality ; threatening

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. threatening, menacing. Etymology: LL minatorius f. minari minat- threaten

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Minatory Min"a*to*ry, a. [L. minatorius, fr. minari to threaten. See Menace.] Threatening; menacing. --Bacon.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Threatening, menacing, minacious.

Moby Thesaurus

abusive, bludgeoning, blustering, browbeating, bulldozing, bullying, comminatory, denunciatory, fear-inspiring, foreboding, hectoring, imminent, intimidating, lowering, menacing, minacious, ominous, terroristic, terrorizing, threatening, threatful