sinister

  • 61sinister — a. 1. Left, on the left hand. 2. Unlucky, inauspicious, unfortunate, untoward, disastrous, injurious. 3. Wrong, bad, evil, perverse, corrupt, wicked, sinful, criminal, dishonest …

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  • 62Sinister — ♦ Heraldic; on left side of shield, i.e. on spectator s right. (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 414) Related terms: Dexter …

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  • 63sinister — adj 1. ominous, inauspicious, unpropi tious, portentous, ill omened, sinistrous, foreboding, fateful, direful; menacing, minatory, minacious, threatening; dangerous, perilous, hazardous; treacherous, perfidious, untrustworthy. 2. bad, base, vile …

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  • 64sinister — sin·is·ter …

    English syllables

  • 65sinister — /ˈsɪnəstə / (say sinuhstuh) adjective 1. threatening or portending evil; ominous. 2. bad; evil; base. 3. unfortunate; disastrous; unfavourable. 4. of or on the left side; left. 5. Heraldry on the shield at the left of the bearer. {Middle English …

  • 66sinister — si|nis|ter adj., t, sinistre (uheldsvarslende) …

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  • 67sinister — adj ( t, sinistra) dyster, kuslig, olycksbådande …

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  • 68sinister — si|nịs|ter <lateinisch> (selten für unheilvoll); sinist[e]re Pläne …

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  • 69sinister — see LEFT …

    Word origins

  • 70Bar sinister — Sinister Sin is*ter (s[i^]n [i^]s*t[ e]r; 277), a. Note: [Accented on the middle syllable by the older poets, as Shakespeare, Milton, Dryden.] [L. sinister: cf. F. sinistre.] 1. On the left hand, or the side of the left hand; left; opposed to… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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