minatory
Conveying implicit threat
Minatory means menacing or threatening, conveying a warning of harm or punishment.
The word is formal and literary: a minatory glance, minatory letters from the collection agency.
It describes things that seem to promise unpleasant consequences without necessarily specifying them.
Inspiring fear or unease
- threateningExpressing intent to harm
- balefulThreatening harm or misfortune
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- direExtremely serious or urgent
ominous · foreboding · warning · cautionary · admonitory · monitory · portentous · grim
Aggressive repeated intimidation
- browbeatingIntimidating with stern pressure
- pressuringExerting influence to compel
- compellingPowerfully engaging or persuasive
- forcefulExerting strong pressure
domineering · overbearing · tyrannical · dictatorial · imperious · authoritarian · oppressive · high-handed
Hostile and eager to clash
- aggressiveHostile and confrontational
- antagonisticActively opposed or hostile
- combativeInclined toward conflict
- truculentAggressively hostile disposition
pugnacious · bellicose · confrontational · hostile · warlike · militant · provocative · contentious
intimidating
Inspiring fear or unease
- threateningExpressing intent to harm
- balefulThreatening harm or misfortune
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
dire · ominous · foreboding · warning · cautionary · admonitory · monitory · portentous · grim · fearsome
bullying
Aggressive repeated intimidation
- browbeatingIntimidating with stern pressure
- pressuringExerting influence to compel
- compellingPowerfully engaging or persuasive
forceful · domineering · overbearing · tyrannical · dictatorial · imperious · authoritarian · oppressive · high-handed · iron-fisted
belligerent
Hostile and eager to clash
- aggressiveHostile and confrontational
- antagonisticActively opposed or hostile
- combativeInclined toward conflict
truculent · pugnacious · bellicose · confrontational · hostile · warlike · militant · provocative · contentious · quarrelsome
minatoryreassuring
Restoring calm or confidence
unthreatening · benign · comforting · encouraging · welcoming
minatoryauspicious
Indicating future success
propitious · promising · favorable · hopeful · heartening