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minacious

mi·na·cious

UK/mɪˈneɪʃəs/ US/məˈneɪʃəs/ uncommon archaic

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”
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Origin

From Late Latin minacia (“threat”) + -ious, from Latin minax (“threatening”) + -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns). Cf. Italian minaccioso, attested 1532.

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