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sinister

[sin-uh-ster]

adjective

  1. threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous.

    a sinister remark.

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  2. bad, evil, base, or wicked; fell.

    his sinister purposes.

  3. unfortunate; disastrous; unfavorable.

    a sinister accident.

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  4. of or on the left side; left.

  5. Heraldry.noting the side of an escutcheon or achievement of arms that is to the left of the bearer (dexter ).



sinister

/ ˈɪɪə /

adjective

  1. threatening or suggesting evil or harm; ominous

    a sinister glance

  2. evil or treacherous, esp in a mysterious way

  3. (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

  4. archaiclocated on the left side

  5. archaic(of signs, omens, etc) unfavourable

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • sinisterly adverb
  • sinisterness noun
  • unsinister adjective
  • unsinisterly adverb
  • unsinisterness noun
  • ˈԾٱԱ noun
  • ˈԾٱ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sinister1

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Latin: “on the left hand or side,” hence, “unfavorable, injurious”
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sinister1

C15: from Latin sinister on the left-hand side, considered by Roman augurs to be the unlucky one
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The band drew aesthetics from the experiments of post-punk and the nascent goth movement of the time, with admiration for sinister yet seductive acts like the Birthday Party, Bauhaus and Malaria.

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"It was very, very sinister, the atmosphere certainly felt to me very, very threatening," he added.

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President Trump fuels the fear by trolling immigrant communities with sinister Valentine cards, dangling self-deportation incentives and implementing a chaotic enforcement strategy that ignores attempts at judicial oversight.

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It was originally used simply to describe small, fringe religious movements — groups that were offbeat and outside the mainstream, but not necessarily sinister.

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But given the creepy whispering and ominous music Cregger is serving up, I’m guessing something more sinister is at work here.

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