|  minatory 
 
 threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
 - a baleful look
 - forbidding thunderclouds
 - his tone became menacing
 - ominous rumblings of discontent
 - sinister storm clouds
 - a sinister smile
 - his threatening behavior
 - ugly black clouds
 - the situation became ugly
 • Syn:
 baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, ominous,
 sinister, threatening
 • Similar to:
 alarming
 • Derivationally related forms:
 omen (for: ominous), balefulness (for: baleful)
 
 
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