minatory
Syllables: min·a·to·ryUK/ˈmɪn.ə.tɔːɹ.iː//ˈmɪn.ə.toɹ.i/
minatory adjective: threatening, menacing.
Adjective
minatory (comparative more minatory, superlative most minatory)
- Threatening, menacing.
- […]the Place de Grève, with its thirty thousand Regulars, its whole irregular Saint-Antoine and Saint-Marceau, is one minatory mass of clear or rusty steel;[…]1837, Thomas Carlyle, “Usher Maillard”, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume I (The Bastille), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book VII (The Insurrection of Women), page 259
- Number 3, Lauriston Gardens wore an ill-omened and minatory look.1887, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “A Study in Scarlet”, in Beeton’s Christmas Annual, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward, Lock & Co., part I (Being a reprint from the reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., […])...
- Synonyms:
- minacious, minatorial, ominous, sinister
minatory meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
minatory in Tamil
- பயமுறுத்தும், அச்சமூட்டும்
minatory in Urdu
- ڈراؤنا, خوفناک
minatory in Bengali
- হুমকিপূর্ণ, ভীতিজনক
minatory in Malayalam
- threatening, menacing, baleful
- ഭീഷണിരൂപത്തിലുള്ള, ഭീഷണിപ്പെടുത്തുന്ന, പേടിയുണ്ടാക്കുന്ന, ഭീഷണമായ, ഭയപ്പെടുത്തുന്ന, ഭയജനകമായ
Examples of minatory in a sentence
- This communication was not of a minatory order; it expressed on the contrary the loose sociability which was the essence of Mr.1888, Henry James, chapter 13, in The Reverberator, Macmillan and Co.:
- She shook hands firmly with Dalgliesh and gave him a minatory glance as if welcoming a new patient from whom she expected trouble.1975, P. D. James, The Black Tower (Adam Dalgliesh; 5), New York: Faber & Faber, →ISBN, page 49:
- In the cottage next to the post office Alma Crumble broke her wrist stirring batter, at which the Bug declared in a minatory tone that ‘That was enough of that.’1997 December 21, Edward Gorey, The Haunted Tea-Cosy: A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas, New York; San Diego; London...
Synonyms of minatory
Forms of minatory
| comparative | more minatory |
|---|---|
| superlative | most minatory |
| alternative form (obsolete) | miniatory |
Origin of minatory
Borrowed from Middle French minatoire, from Late Latin minātōrius. Compare menace.
Words formed from minatory
Questions about minatory
- What does minatory mean?
- Minatory means threatening, menacing.
- What is minatory in Tamil?
- Minatory in Tamil is பயமுறுத்தும், அச்சமூட்டும். See Minatory meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use minatory in a sentence?
- This communication was not of a minatory order; it expressed on the contrary the loose sociability which was the essence of Mr.
- What part of speech is minatory?
- Minatory is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce minatory?
- Minatory is pronounced /ˈmɪn.ə.tɔːɹ.iː/ (UK).
Words near minatory in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: minatory (page history and authors); minatory (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); minatory (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); minatory (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); minatory (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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