comminativeadj.
/ˈkɒmɪnətɪv/ rare.
a. Conveying a commination or threatening.
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the mind > language > malediction > [adjective]
execrable1382
comminatory1508
banning1586
imprecatory1587
detesting1591
execratory1611
devotory1652
imprecating1686
execratious1748
maledictory1822
execrating1829
execrative1830
comminative1835
maledictive1860
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [adjective] > threatening punishment or vengeance
comminatory1508
comminative1835
Mau Mau1952
1835 I. Taylor Spiritual Despotism iii. 90 The inflexible integrity of the record, and its comminative intention.
b. as n. A denunciatory expression.
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the mind > language > malediction > [noun] > profane language
swarec1200
shit-wordc1275
words of villainya1300
filtha1400
reveriec1425
bawdry1589
scurrility1589
bawdy1622
tongue-worm1645
borborology1647
Billingsgatry1673
double entendre1673
smut1698
blackguardism1756
slang1805
epithet1818
dirty word1842
French1845
language1855
bad languagec1863
bestiality1879
swear-word1883
damson-tart1887
comminative1888
double entente1895
curse-word1897
bang-words1906
soldier's farewell1909
strong languagea1910
dirty story1912
dirty joke1913
bullocky1916
shitticism1936
Anglo-Saxonism1944
sweary1994
1888 Standard 12 Apr. 5/1 A fine selection of catching comminatives on the text of the Budget.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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adj.1835