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imminent, portentous (ominous), prophetic
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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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
