Definition of Sinister

1. Adjective. Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments. "The situation became ugly"

Exact synonyms: Baleful, Forbidding, Menacing, Minacious, Minatory, Ominous, Threatening
Similar to: Alarming
Derivative terms: Balefulness, Omen

2. Adjective. Stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable. "The scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"
Exact synonyms: Black, Dark
Similar to: Evil
Derivative terms: Dark, Darkness

3. Adjective. On or starting from the wearer's left. "Bar sinister"
Category relationships: Heraldry
Similar to: Sinistral

Definition of Sinister

1. a. On the left hand, or the side of the left hand; left; -- opposed to dexter, or right.

Definition of Sinister

1. threatening or portending evil [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sinister

Sinhala
Sinhalese
sinhs
sinical
sinical
sinicise
sinicised
sinicises
sinicize
sinicized
sinicizes
sinicizing
sinigrase
sinigrin
sining
sinister (current term)
sinisterly
sinisterness
sinisternesses
sinistrad
sinistral
sinistral
sinistrality
sinistrality
sinistrin
sinistro-
sinistrocardia
sinistrocerebral
sinistrocular
sinistrogyration

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