| 释义 |
comminatory /ˈkɒmɪnəˌt(ə)ri /adjective rareThreatening, punitive, or vengeful: both advocated a mild resolution which would head off anything more comminatory from the Soviet Union...- But presently he began to suspect that the portrait was not as comminatory as he could have wished.
- 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.
Origin Early 16th century: from medieval Latin comminatorius, from comminat- 'threatened', from the verb comminari (see commination). |