MINACIOUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

Example:

the situation became ugly

Synonyms:

baleful; forbidding; menacing; minacious; minatory; ominous; sinister; threatening

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

alarming (frightening because of an awareness of danger)

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