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MINACIOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does minacious mean?
• MINACIOUS (adjective)
The adjective MINACIOUS has 1 sense:
1. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
Familiarity information: MINACIOUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
Synonyms:
baleful; forbidding; menacing; minacious; minatory; ominous; sinister; threatening
Context example:
the situation became ugly
Similar:
alarming (frightening because of an awareness of danger)
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"Some die; others bloom." (Corsican proverb)