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   sinister

   /ˈsɪnɪstə/

   adjective

   • 1. giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen: "there was something sinister about that murmuring voice" Similar menacingthreateningominousforbiddingbalefulfrighteningeeriealarmingdisturbingdisquietingdarkblacksuggestive of evilevil-lookingill-omenedinauspiciousunpropitiousportentouseldritchinformal:spookyscarycreepyrare:minatoryminaciousminatorialbodefuldirefulsinistrous
   • ▪ evil or criminal: "there might be a more sinister motive behind the government's actions" Similar evilwickedbadcriminalcorruptnefariousvillainousbasevilemalevolentmaliciousmalignunderhandinformal:shadyOpposite innocentgood
   • 2. of, on, or towards the left-hand side (in a coat of arms, from the bearer's point of view, i.e. the right as it is depicted). archaic

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘malicious, underhand’): from Old French sinistre or Latin sinister ‘left’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. sinisterly adverb
   • 2. sinisterness noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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