sinister in English dictionary

  • sinister

    Meanings and definitions of "sinister"

    • Inauspicious, ominous, unlucky.
    • Evil, seeming to be evil.
    • Of the left side.
    • (heraldry) The left side of a shield from the wearer's standpoint, and the right side to the viewer.
    • adjective
      Inauspicious, ominous, unlucky, illegitimate (as in bar sinister).
    • adjective
      Evil or seemingly evil; indicating lurking danger or harm.
    • adjective
      Of the left side.
    • adjective
      (heraldry)
      On the left side of a shield from the wearer's standpoint, and the right side to the viewer.
    • adjective
      (obsolete)
      Wrong, as springing from indirection or obliquity; perverse; dishonest.
    • ominous
    • evil
    • of the left
    • heraldic "left"
    • adjective
      on or starting from the wearer's left; "bar sinister"
    • adjective
      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
    • adjective
      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"

    Synonyms of "sinister" in English dictionary

    forbidding, threatening, menacing are the top synonyms of "sinister" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of sinister

    • sinister ( comparative more sinister, superlative most sinister)
    • sinister (comparative more sinister, superlative most sinister)
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