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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sin•is•ter /ˈsɪnəstɚ/USA pronunciation adj. - threatening or suggesting evil, harm, or trouble:a sinister face.
- evil:the dictator's sinister purposes.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sin•is•ter (sin′ə stər),USA pronunciation adj. - threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble;
ominous:a sinister remark. - bad, evil, base, or wicked;
fell:his sinister purposes. - unfortunate;
disastrous;
unfavorable:a sinister accident. - of or on the left side;
left. - Heraldrynoting the side of an escutcheon or achievement of arms that is to the left of the bearer (opposed to dexter).
- Latin: on the left hand or side, hence unfavorable, injurious
- late Middle English 1375–1425
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged inauspicious, portentous.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged unlucky.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged benign.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged favorable.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sinister /ˈsɪnɪstə/ adj - threatening or suggesting evil or harm; ominous: a sinister glance
- evil or treacherous, esp in a mysterious way
- (usually postpositive) of, on, or starting from the left side from the bearer's point of view and therefore on the spectator's right
- archaic located on the left side
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin sinister on the left-hand side, considered by Roman augurs to be the unlucky oneˈsinisterly adv ˈsinisterness n |