minatory
pronunciation
How to pronounce minatory in British English: UK [ˈmɪnətəri]
How to pronounce minatory in American English: US [ˈmɪnətɔri]
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- Adjective:
- threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
Word Origin
- minatory (adj.)
- "expressing a threat, 1530s, from Middle French minatoire, from Late Latin minatorius, from minat-, stem of minari "to threaten" (see menace (n.)).