Minatory
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈmɪn.ə.tɔːɹ.iː/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Minatory is an adjective meaning Threatening, menacing.
Meaning
Threatening, menacing.
Example Sentences
Number 3, Lauriston Gardens wore an ill-omened and minatory look.
She shook hands firmly with Dalgliesh and gave him a minatory glance as if welcoming a new patient from whom she expected trouble.
[…]the Place de Grève, with its thirty thousand Regulars, its whole irregular Saint-Antoine and Saint-Marceau, is one minatory mass of clear or rusty steel;[…]
In the cottage next to the post office Alma Crumble broke her wrist stirring batter, at which the Bug declared in a minatory tone that ‘That was enough of that.’
Word Forms
- miniatory
Synonyms for minatory
Depending on context, synonyms include minacious, minatorial, ominous, sinister, baleful, alarming.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include menacing, threatening, minacious, alarming, sinister, ugly.
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