minatory
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 • Syn: baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, ominous, sinister, threatening • Similar to: alarming • Derivationally related forms: omen (for: ominous), balefulness (for: baleful)
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