minacious

[mi-ney-shuhs]

adjective

1. menacing; threatening.

minacious

/ mɪˈneɪʃəs, mɪˈnæsɪtɪ /

adjective

1. threatening

Other Word Forms

• minaciously adverb
• minaciousness noun
• minacity noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of minacious¹

1650–60; < Latin mināci- (stem of mināx ) overhanging, threatening + -ous

Word History and Origins

Origin of minacious¹

C17: from Latin minax, from minārī to threaten

Example Sentences

In sound and subject, “Neither” is a spectacularly dense, mysterious and minacious work.

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We read about “kairotic shifts” and “swanky solanums”; there is a “minacious theme” and “unfeasible grass.”

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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.

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She had not heard a word of Colonel Grand's minacious overture.

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This was the third such attack since the ship dropped anchor in this minacious port.

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Related Words

• aggressive 
• alarming 
• cautionary 
• dangerous 
• dire 
• sinister 
• ugly