sinister
21sinister — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ominous, unlucky, portentous; left; evil, bad; unpropitious, baleful, injurious; ill starred; ^nalicious, harmful, corrupt. See badness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. evil, bad, corrupt, perverse,… …
22sinister — sin|is|ter [ sınıstər ] adjective threatening to do harm or something evil: There s a sinister feeling about this old abandoned house. a sinister and dangerous criminal who has finally been apprehended …
23sinister — adjective 1) there was a sinister undertone in his words Syn: menacing, threatening, ominous, forbidding, baleful, frightening, alarming, disturbing, disquieting, dark, black; formal minatory; literary direful 2) a sinister motive Syn …
24sinister — adjective 1) there was a sinister undertone in his words Syn: menacing, threatening, ominous, forbidding, frightening, alarming, disturbing, dark 2) a sinister motive Syn: evil, wicked …
25sinister — UK [ˈsɪnɪstə(r)] / US [ˈsɪnɪstər] adjective threatening to do harm or to do something evil a sinister and dangerous criminal who has finally been apprehended There s a sinister feeling about this old abandoned house …
26sinister — sin•is•ter [[t]ˈsɪn ə stər[/t]] adj. 1) threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous: a sinister glance[/ex] 2) evil or malevolent; base: sinister purposes[/ex] 3) unfortunate; disastrous; unfavorable 4) of or on the left side; left… …
27sinister — adj. 1 suggestive of evil; looking malignant or villainous. 2 wicked or criminal (a sinister motive). 3 of evil omen. 4 Heraldry of or on the left hand side of a shield etc. (i.e. to the observer s right). 5 archaic left hand. Derivatives:… …
28sinister — adjective /ˈsɪnɪstə,ˈsɪnɪstər/ a) Inauspicious, ominous, unlucky. b) Evil, seeming to be evil. Ant: dexter See Also: bend sinister, sinistral …
29Sinister — Her. The left hand side. In *heraldry, left and right are determined from the holder of a shield s point of view, not from the onlooker s. [< Lat. sinister = left, left hand] Cf. Dexter …
30sinister — sinịster, ...ị|stra, ...ị|strum [aus gleichbed. lat. sinister]: links, linker; z. B. in der Fügung ↑Arteria colica sinistra …
