English adjective: sinister | |||
1. | sinister threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments | ||
Samples | A baleful look. Forbidding thunderclouds. His tone became menacing. Ominous rumblings of discontent. Sinister storm clouds. A sinister smile. His threatening behavior. Ugly black clouds. The situation became ugly. | ||
Synonyms | baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, threatening | ||
Similar | alarming | ||
Antonyms | unalarming | ||
2. | sinister stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable | ||
Samples | 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. The scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him. | ||
Synonyms | black, dark | ||
Similar | evil | ||
Antonyms | good | ||
3. | sinister on or starting from the wearer's left | ||
Samples | Bar sinister. | ||
Similar | sinistral | ||
Domain category | heraldry | ||
Antonyms | dextral | ||