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Threatening tragic developments — try Naomi (anag)
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minatory
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Minatory \Min"a*to*ry\, a. [L. minatorius, fr. minari to threaten. See Menace .] Threatening; menacing. --Bacon.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. 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 ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. threaten, menace.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"expressing a threat, 1530s, from Middle French minatoire, from Late Latin minatorius , from minat- , stem of minari "to threaten" (see menace (n.)).
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But the minatory eyes weren't fixed on this latest scientific wonder; they were fixed on Brenda. ▪ It was of a piece with the neglected timber, the weedy gravel and the minatory notices which guarded the bounds.
Usage examples of minatory.
Although the recent disturbance in Bactria was mentioned in a somewhat minatory way, no mention was made of the revolt in Egypt.
Very strange some of those last real or fancied sounds were that came out of the frigid fog-shatterings of massive ice leagues away, the thump and splash of mighty oars even farther off, distant doleful shriekings, still more distant deep minatory growlings, and a laughter as of fiends beyond the rim of Nehwon.