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| 1. | [ adjective ] threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments | |
| Synonyms: | ominous threatening menacing minacious minatory forbidding ugly baleful | |
| Examples: | "a baleful look" "forbidding thunderclouds" "his tone became menacing" "ominous rumblings of discontent" "sinister storm clouds" "a sinister smile" "his threatening behavior" |
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| Related terms: | alarming | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable | |
| Synonyms: | dark black | |
| Examples: | "black deeds" "a black lie" "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed" "Darth Vader of the dark side" "a dark purpose" "dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility" |
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| Related terms: | evil | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] (heraldry) on or starting from the wearer's left | |
| Examples: | "bar sinister" |
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| Related terms: | heraldry sinistral | |
| Similar spelling: |
sinistral sinistrorse |
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