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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