minacious
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of minacious
1650–60; < Latin mināci- (stem of mināx ) overhanging, threatening + -ous
Example Sentences
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They were all hymns and ballads of a minacious description, now one and now another of which he kept repeating in lugubrious recitative.
From Alec Forbes of Howglen by George MacDonald
This was the third such attack since the ship dropped anchor in this minacious port.
From Crime and Corruption by Samuel Vaknin
She had not heard a word of Colonel Grand's minacious overture.
From The Rose in the Ring by George Barr McCutcheon
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