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sinister
[ sin-uh-ster ]
adjective
- threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous:
a sinister remark.
Synonyms: ,
Antonyms:
- bad, evil, base, or wicked; fell:
his sinister purposes.
- unfortunate; disastrous; unfavorable:
a sinister accident.
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- of or on the left side; left.
- Heraldry. noting the side of an escutcheon or achievement of arms that is to the left of the bearer ( dexter ).
sinister
/ ˈɪɪə /
adjective
- threatening or suggesting evil or harm; ominous
a sinister glance
- evil or treacherous, esp in a mysterious way
- usually postpositive heraldry of, on, or starting from the left side from the bearer's point of view and therefore on the spectator's right
- archaic.located on the left side
- archaic.(of signs, omens, etc) unfavourable
Derived Forms
- ˈԾٱԱ, noun
- ˈԾٱ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- i·ٱ· adverb
- i·ٱ·Ա noun
- ܲ·i·ٱ adjective
- un·i·ٱ· adverb
- un·i·ٱ·Ա noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of sinister1
Word History and Origins
Origin of sinister1
Example Sentences
He agrees to help Patty find her mother, but sinister things are happening in Hawkins.
Below California’s famed beaches, mountains and metropolitan areas lies a sinister web of earthquake faults — some so infamous that their names are burned into the state’s collective consciousness.
"I think this series has slightly more edge to it in terms of the crimes, I wouldn't go so far as to say sinister but the motives behind them are slightly darker," she said.
There's a sinister and probably accidental genius of this say-one-thing-do-another messaging strategy.
Those dudes are trying to play the sinister “ugly American” roles, although with a singular lack of suavity and not much success.
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