| Main Entry: |
minatory |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
threatening |
Synonyms: |
aggressive, alarming, apocalyptic, at hand, baleful, baneful, black, bullying, cautionary, close, comminatory, dangerous, dire, fateful, forthcoming, grim, ill-boding, imminent, impendent, impending, inauspicious, intimidatory, looming, loury, lowering, lowery, minacious, near, overhanging, portending, portentous, scowling, sinister, terrorizing, ugly*, unlucky, unpropitious, unsafe, upcoming, warning
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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