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Main Entry:	cautionary [kaw-shuh-ner-ee] Show IPA/ˈkɔʃəˌnɛri/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	giving warning
Synonyms:	admonishing, admonitory, advisory, cautioning, preventive, warning

Main Entry:	minatory
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

* = informal/non-formal usage
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