This week we continue our vocabulary-building series, “The Closing Word.” Each week we provide a new word to help build your vocabulary and show you an example of how to use it.
This week’s closing word:
minatory
Pronounced: (MINN-uh-tor-ee)
Adjective:
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
Vocabulary.com: ”Minatory derives from the Latin menatorius, “menace,” and has nothing at all to do with the Greek legends of the Minotaur. But think of the Minotaur anyway—-it was half-man, half-bull, lived inside a labyrinth, and could only be appeased if it was being sent young women to devour. If that’s not threatening, or minatory, behavior, nothing is.”
Example:
“Despite the minatory feel the burned-out car on the corner gave the neighborhood, it was actually quite safe.”
