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sin·is·ter S0429200 (sĭn′ĭ-stər)adj.1. a. Suggesting or threatening harm or evil: a sinister smile.b. Causing or intending harm or evil; wicked: a sinister conspiracy.2. a. Portending misfortune or disaster; ominous: sinister storm clouds.b. Attended by or causing misfortune or disaster: "The day has passed without any sinister accident" (John Quincy Adams).3. a. Archaic On the left side; left.b. Heraldry Situated on or being the side of a shield on the wearer's left and the observer's right. [Middle English sinistre, unfavorable, from Old French, from Latin sinister, on the left, unlucky.] sin′is·ter·ly adv.sin′is·ter·ness n.TranslationsEncyclopediaSeeSinisterMedicalSeesinister |