Comminatory

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Comminatory \Com*min"a*to"ry\, a. [Cf. F. comminatoire.]
     Threatening or denouncing punishment; as, comminatory terms.
     --B. Jonson.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  comminatory
       adj : containing warning of punishment [syn: {denunciative}, {denunciatory}]