Literary notes about Minacious (AI summary)
The word "minacious" is used in literature to evoke a sense of threat or impending harm, often enriching the atmosphere with an undercurrent of ominous foreboding. It can be employed to describe a tone that is both lowering and mournful, almost as if the very mood of the setting warns of hidden dangers [1, 2]. At the same time, it is applied to characterize interactions or overtures that carry an abrasive, even abusive, intent [3, 4]. The term’s definition as "threatening" or "menacing" further underscores its application in contexts ranging from lyrical ballads with foreboding narratives [5] to geopolitical insistence that shapes historic destinies [6]. Even a classic reference work clarifies its kinship with terms like "ominous" and "minatory," stressing its nuanced role in painting a picture of imminent peril [7].
- a whole whose numberless parts are connected by a lowering, mournful, minacious tone.
— from The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume 2 (of 3) by Henry Fuseli - a whole whose numberless parts are connected by a [55] lowering, mournful, minacious tone.
— from Rembrandt and His WorksComprising a Short Account of His Life; with a Critical Examination into His Principles and Practice of Design, Light, Shade, and Colour. Illustrated by Examples from the Etchings of Rembrandt. by John Burnet - Foreign minority shareholders still complain of being ripped-off by powerful, well-connected - and minacious - business interests.
— from Russian Roulette: Russia's Economy in Putin's Era by Samuel Vaknin - She had not heard a word of Colonel Grand's minacious overture.
— from The Rose in the Ring by George Barr McCutcheon - They were all hymns and ballads of a minacious description, now one and now another of which he kept repeating in lugubrious recitative.
— from Alec Forbes of Howglen by George MacDonald - Had it not been for Austria's minacious insistence, Albania would have never been born on Serb occupied territory.
— from Terrorists and Freedom Fighters by Samuel Vaknin - Adj. threatening, menacing; minatory, minacious[obs3]; comminatory[obs3], abusive; in terrorem[Lat]; ominous &c. (predicting)
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
