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Minacious

//məˈneɪʃəs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Synonym of threatening, in its various senses. archaic, not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments wordnet

Etymology

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

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