"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"
Letitia gave a laugh..not unlike the minatory rattle of a leper's bell.
出自: G. Vidal
He talks in minatory terms to the ghost of the..boy he had once been, and berates him.
出自: P. Ackroyd