Synonyms for minatory
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Threatening — threatening, menacing
threatening, sinister, ominous, menacing, forbidding, baleful, minacious dated
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Threatening, menacing.
Example sentences
- threatening Tom's injuries aren't considered life-threatening.
- sinister Gustavo's tone and mannerisms were really sinister.
- ominous The sky looks ominous. I wonder if it will rain.
- menacing The tide rushed into the estuary at a menacing pace.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| minatory | steady | |
| threatening | rising | |
| sinister | rising | |
| ominous | rising | |
| menacing | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- ominous3, baleful2
- 8 letters
- sinister3, menacing3
- 9 letters
- minacious
- 10 letters
- forbidding3, minatorial
- 11 letters
- threatening3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ominous3 = 3 syllables).