minatory

英 ['mɪnətəri] 美 ['mɪnətɔːri]

• adj. 威胁的；恫吓的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. 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"
   

经典引文

• Letitia gave a laugh..not unlike the minatory rattle of a leper's bell.

  出自： G. Vidal

• He talks in minatory terms to the ghost of the..boy he had once been, and berates him.

  出自： P. Ackroyd

近反义词

【近义词】

• risky 危险的
• sinister 邪恶的
• minacious 威吓的
• baleful 有害的
• ominous 不祥的
• menacing 威胁的
• forbidding 可怕的
• threatening 威胁(性)的