First Known Use: 1532
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minatory
adjective mi·na·to·ry \ˈmi-nə-ˌtȯr-ē, ˈmī-\
Definition of MINATORY
: having a menacing quality
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Origin of MINATORY
Late Latin minatorius, from Latin minari to threaten — more at mount
Related to MINATORY
- Synonyms
- baleful, dire, direful, doomy, foreboding, ill, ill-boding, inauspicious, menacing, ominous, portentous, sinister, threatening
- Antonyms
- unthreatening
Rhymes with MINATORY
a priori, allegory, amatory, auditory, bedtime story, cacciatore, castratory, category, con amore, cover story, crematory, damnatory, decretory, dilatory, dormitory, excretory, expletory, feudatory, fumitory, Göteborg, gustatory, gyratory, horror story, hortatory, hunky-dory, inventory, laudatory, lavatory, mandatory, migratory, monitory, Montessori, morning glory, nugatory, offertory, oratory, overstory, piscatory, precatory, predatory, prefatory, probatory, promissory, promontory, purgatory, repertory, Ruwenzori, signatory, statutory, sudatory, territory, transitory, understory, vibratory, vomitory, yakitori
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