sinister
IPA: sˈɪnɪstɝ
adjective
- Inauspicious, ominous, unlucky, illegitimate (as in bar sinister).
- Evil or seemingly evil; indicating lurking danger or harm.
- (archaic) Of the left side.
- (heraldry) On the left side of a shield from the wearer's standpoint, and the right side to the viewer.
- (obsolete) Wrong, as springing from indirection or obliquity; perverse; dishonest.
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Examples of "sinister" in Sentences
- The coat of arms of Norway is sinister.
- The sinister event happened two days ago.
- His visage on the castles becomes more sinister.
- The Count is urbane and gracious, but also vaguely sinister.
- The boldest explorers dared to reconnoitre the sinister grotto.
- Its omens are always sinister, and its powers are unpropitious.
- The bloodthirsty, conniving moon then departs in a very sinister way.
- Conspiracy theory was rolled out to explain my sinister cheerfulness.
- As a priest, Tirso creates this sinister tempter for didactical reasons.
- As the evidence mounts the idyllic setting gradually takes on a sinister hue.
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