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1. (adj.) sinister
threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous:
a sinister glance.
2. sinister
evil or malevolent; base:
sinister purposes.
3. sinister
unfortunate; disastrous; unfavorable.
4. sinister
of or on the left side; left.
5. sinister
being or pertaining to the side of a heraldic shield to the left of the bearer.
Etymology: (1375–1425; < L: on the left hand or side, hence unfavorable, injurious)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
"a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly"
2. (adj) black, dark, sinister
stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
"black deeds"; "a black lie"; "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed"; "Darth Vader of the dark side"; "a dark purpose"; "dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility"; "the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"-Thomas Hardy
3. (adj) sinister
on or starting from the wearer's left
"bar sinister"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) sinister
on the left hand, or the side of the left hand; left; -- opposed to dexter, or right
2. (adj) sinister
unlucky; inauspicious; disastrous; injurious; evil; -- the left being usually regarded as the unlucky side; as, sinister influences
3. (adj) sinister
wrong, as springing from indirection or obliquity; perverse; dishonest; corrupt; as, sinister aims
4. (adj) sinister
indicative of lurking evil or harm; boding covert danger; as, a sinister countenance
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Sense: suggesting, or warning of, evil
sinister happenings; His disappearance is extremely sinister.
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 Afrikaans: onheilspellend |
 Arabic: مَنْحوس، مَشْؤوم |
 Bulgarian: зловещ |
 Brazilian: sinistro |
 Czech: zlověstný |
 German: unheilvoll |
 Danish: truende |
 Greek: δυσοίωνος, απειλητικός |
 Spanish: siniestro |
 Estonian: pahaendeline |
 Farsi: شوم ؛ شيطاني |
 Finnish: pahaenteinen |
 French: sinistre |
 Hebrew: מְבַשֵׂר רָעוֹת |
 Hindi: अशुभ |
 Croatian: koban, opak |
 Hungarian: baljós(latú) |
 Indonesian: berfirasat buruk |
 Icelandic: skuggalegur |
 Italian: sinistro |
 Japanese: 不吉な |
 Korean: 불길한 |
 Lithuanian: kraupus |
 Latvian: ļauns |
 Malay: jahat |
 Dutch: onheilspellend |
 Norwegian: skummel, illevarslende |
 Polish: złowieszczy |
 Persian: شوم ؛ شيطاني |
 Pashto: بدمرغه، شوم، ناوړ، بد، ټګ |
 Portuguese: sinistro |
 Romanian: sinistru |
 Russian: зловещий |
 Slovak: zlovestný |
 Slovenian: zlovešč |
 Serbian: zloslutan |
 Swedish: olycksbådande, ödesdiger |
 Thai: เป็นลางร้าย |
 Turkish: uğursuz, hayra alâmet olm |
 Taiwanese: 不祥的，險惡的 |
 Ukrainian: зловісний |
 Urdu: شر یا بدی کی طرف مائل |
 Vietnamese: mangđiềm xấu |
 Chinese: 不吉祥的，险恶的 |
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