“Minatory” (MIN-uh-tor-ee) – from the Latin for “threaten” – means menacing.
Example (as used by George Eliot in The Mill on the Floss): “He was often observed peeping through the bars of a gate and making minatory gestures with his small forefinger while he scolded the sheep with an inarticulate burr, intended to strike terror into their astonished minds.”
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