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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments;
- Example: "a baleful look"
- Example: "forbidding thunderclouds"
- Example: "his tone became menacing"
- Example: "ominous rumblings of discontent"
- Example: "sinister storm clouds"
- Example: "a sinister smile"
- Example: "his threatening behavior"
- Example: "ugly black clouds"
- Example: "the situation became ugly"
[syn: baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Minatory \Min"a*to*ry\, a. [L. minatorius, fr. minari to threaten. See Menace.] Threatening; menacing. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

minatory 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]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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