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Definition of comminatory in English: comminatoryadjective ˈkɒmɪnəˌt(ə)ri rare Threatening, punitive, or vengeful. 〈罕〉威吓的；惩罚性的；复仇的 both advocated a mild resolution which would head off anything more comminatory from the Soviet Union Example sentencesExamples - But presently he began to suspect that the portrait was not as comminatory as he could have wished.
- So the instruments were tuned and the comminatory verses sung.
- A fortnight ago, a short comminatory note, was drawn up in three versions.
- The strong and comminatory attacks on his adversaries, of whom he even singles out some, are a marked feature of this period of his career.
- During the session of 1434, he was commissioned by Archbishop Chichele to draw up, along with others, certain comminatory articles to be proclaimed by the clergy in their parishes four times a year.
Synonyms menacing, intimidating, bullying, frightening, terrifying, scary, fearsome, mean-looking, alarming, forbidding, baleful
OriginEarly 16th century: from medieval Latin comminatorius, from comminat- 'threatened', from the verb comminari (see commination). Definition of comminatory in US English: comminatoryadjective rare Threatening, punitive, or vengeful. 〈罕〉威吓的；惩罚性的；复仇的 both advocated a mild resolution which would head off anything more comminatory from the Soviet Union Example sentencesExamples - During the session of 1434, he was commissioned by Archbishop Chichele to draw up, along with others, certain comminatory articles to be proclaimed by the clergy in their parishes four times a year.
- But presently he began to suspect that the portrait was not as comminatory as he could have wished.
- The strong and comminatory attacks on his adversaries, of whom he even singles out some, are a marked feature of this period of his career.
- A fortnight ago, a short comminatory note, was drawn up in three versions.
- So the instruments were tuned and the comminatory verses sung.
Synonyms menacing, intimidating, bullying, frightening, terrifying, scary, fearsome, mean-looking, alarming, forbidding, baleful
OriginEarly 16th century: from medieval Latin comminatorius, from comminat- ‘threatened’, from the verb comminari (see commination). |