a. | 1. | On the left hand, or the side of the left hand; left; - opposed to | |||||||||
2. | Unlucky; inauspicious; disastrous; injurious; evil; - the left being usually regarded as the unlucky side; | ||||||||||
3. | Wrong, as springing from indirection or obliquity; perverse; dishonest; corrupt; | ||||||||||
4. | Indicative of lurking evil or harm; boding covert danger;
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Adj. | 1. | sinister - 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. | 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. | sinister - on or starting from the wearer's left; "bar sinister" |