| Main Entry: |
minatory
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| 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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