adj
Meaning 1
Threatening, menacing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: minacious, minatorial, ominous, sinister
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
minatory
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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mĭn′ə-tôr-ē
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɪn.ə.tɔːɹ.iː/
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Canada, General-American, Scotland: /ˈmɪn.ə.toɹ.i/
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Canada, General-American, Scotland, also: /ˈmɪn.ʌ.toɹ.i/
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Australian: /ˈmɪn.ə.toːɹ.iː/
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New-Zealand: /ˈmən.ə.toːɹ.iː/
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rhymes with -ɪnətɔːɹi
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, ominous, sinister, threatening
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French minatoire, from Late Latin minātōrius. Compare menace.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: заплаши́телен (zaplašítelen) — threatening, menacing
- Catalan: comminatori — threatening, menacing
- French: comminatoire — threatening, menacing
- Hungarian: fenyegető — threatening, menacing
- Latin: comminātīvus — threatening, menacing
- Macedonian: закану́вачки (zakanúvački) — threatening, menacing
- Plautdietsch: dreiwent — threatening, menacing