minatorial

minatorial
index imminent, portentous (ominous), prophetic

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  • minatorial — minatorial, a. (mɪnəˈtɒrɪəl) [f. minatory + al1.] Minatory, threatening. in Cassell s Encycl. Dict.; and in later Dicts. Hence minaˈtorially adv. = minatorily. in Webster; and in later Dicts …   Useful english dictionary

  • minatory — minatorily, adv. /min euh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. menacing; threatening. Also, minatorial. [1525 35; < LL minatorius, equiv. to L mina(ri) to MENACE + torious TORY1] * * * …   Universalium

  • imminent — I adjective about to be, about to happen, alarming, approaching, at hand, brewing, closing in, coming, destined, drawing near, expected, following, forecasted, forthcoming, future, imminere, impendent, impendere, impending, in store, in the… …   Law dictionary

  • portentous — I (eliciting amazement) adjective amazing, astonishing, breathtaking, exceptional, extraordinary, great, inconceivable, incredible, indescribable, marvelous, memorable, miraculous, notable, noteworthy, novel, out of the ordinary, outstanding,… …   Law dictionary

  • prophetic — I adjective alarming, augural, bodeful, clairvoyant, divinatory, divinus, farseeing, farsighted, fateful, fatidic, fatidical, fatidicus, fatiloquent, foreboding, forecasting, foreknowing, foreseeing, foresighted, foretelling, forewarning,… …   Law dictionary

  • minacious — adj minatory, minatorial, menacing, threatening, ominous; portentous, unpropitious, unfavorable, bad, dangerous; dark, cloudy, clouded, overcast, like rain …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • minatory — /ˈmɪnətəri/ (say minuhtuhree), / tri/ (say tree) adjective menacing; threatening; admonishing: *at the back of the Australian mind, there sits a minatory Englishman. –a.a. phillips, 1966. Also, minatorial /mɪnəˈtɔriəl/ (say minuh tawreeuhl).… …  

  • minatory —   a. threatening.    ♦ minatorial, a …   Dictionary of difficult words

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