'Minatory' definitions:
Definition of 'minatory'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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]
Definition of 'Minatory'
From: GCIDE
- Minatory \Min"a*to*ry\, a. [L. minatorius, fr. minari to threaten. See Menace.] Threatening; menacing. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'minatory'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abusive,
- bludgeoning,
- blustering,
- browbeating,
- bulldozing,
- bullying,
- comminatory,
- denunciatory,
- fear-inspiring,
- foreboding,
- hectoring,
- imminent,
- intimidating,
- lowering,
- menacing,
- minacious,
- ominous,
- terroristic,
- terrorizing,
- threatening,
- threatful