MINACIOUS

baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening

(adjective) threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; “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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

minacious (not comparable)

(now rare) Threatening, menacing.

Source: Wiktionary


Mi*na"cious, a. Etym: [L. minax, -acis. See Menace.]

Definition: Threatening; menacing. [R.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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