monitory
Serving to warn
Monitory means serving as a warning or admonition.
A monitory letter cautions against some course of action; a monitory tone suggests disapproval of what might follow.
The word is formal and uncommon: The judge issued a monitory statement about the consequences of perjury.
Suggesting something bad approaches
- portentousOminously significant
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- premonitoryGiving advance warning
- presagingIndicating something to come
augural · oracular · sibylline · fateful · predictive · prognostic · forewarning · foreshadowing
Careful attention to risk
- forewarningNotice of future trouble
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- caveatWarning or qualification
- reproofExpression of blame
exhortation · deterrent · notice · notification · reminder · signal · red flag · heads-up
Expressing disapproval firmly
- reprovingExpressing blame or criticism
- rebukingVoicing sharp disapproval
- chastisingCriticizing severely for faults
- censuringFormally expressing strong disapproval
disapproving · corrective · disciplinary · cautionary · hortatory · exhortatory · minatory · castigating
ominous
Suggesting something bad approaches
- portentousOminously significant
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- premonitoryGiving advance warning
presaging · augural · oracular · sibylline · fateful · predictive · prognostic · forewarning · foreshadowing · apocalyptic
caution
Careful attention to risk
- forewarningNotice of future trouble
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- caveatWarning or qualification
reproof · exhortation · deterrent · notice · notification · reminder · signal · red flag · heads-up · advisory
admonishing
Expressing disapproval firmly
- reprovingExpressing blame or criticism
- rebukingVoicing sharp disapproval
- chastisingCriticizing severely for faults
censuring · disapproving · corrective · disciplinary · cautionary · hortatory · exhortatory · minatory · castigating · reprimanding
monitoryencouraging
Giving confidence or hope
reassuring · commendatory · approving · laudatory · congratulatory
monitorycomforting
Giving emotional ease
soothing · heartening · consoling · uplifting · calming
- baby monitorInfant room transmitter
- heart monitorDevice tracking heartbeat
- computer monitorVisual output peripheral
- ankle monitorCourt-ordered tracking device
- hall monitorStudent enforcing school rules
- heart rate monitorDevice measuring heartbeats continuously