minatory

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minatory

/ˈmɪn.ə.tɔːɹ.iː/ UK
/ˈmɪn.ə.toɹ.i/ Canada, US, Scotland
/ˈmɪn.ʌ.toɹ.i/ Canada, US, Scotland
/ˈmɪn.ə.toːɹ.iː/ Australia
/ˈmən.ə.toːɹ.iː/ New Zealand

Rhymes with -ɪnətɔːɹi

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Borrowed from Middle French minatoire, from Late Latin minātōrius. Compare menace.

adjective more minatory · most minatory · miniatory

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;[…]
Similar: minacious, minatorial, ominous, sinister

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adj threatening, menacing

Français	comminatoire

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@misc{minatory_2026,
  title = {minatory},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/minatory},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}