Crossword clues for minatory
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Minatory \Min"a*to*ry\, a. [L. minatorius, fr. minari to
threaten. See Menace.]
Threatening; menacing.
--Bacon.
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.)).
Wiktionary
a. threaten, menace.
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 clouds"; "the situation became ugly" [syn: baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, ominous, sinister, threatening, ugly]
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.