minacious

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

Adj

Synonym of threatening, in its various senses.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

baleful, forbidding, menacing, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening

Scrabble Score: 13

minacious is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
minacious is not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
minacious is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

minacious is a valid Words With Friends word