| ADJECTIVE | all | sinister, baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, threatening | threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments |
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| all | sinister, black, dark | stemming from evil characteristics / characteristics or forces | |
| all | sinister | on or starting from the wearer's left |
| Sounds | sih'nihster | |
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| Rhymes | abductor ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter... | |
| Meaning | threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments. | |
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| Synonyms | baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, threatening | |
| Broader | alarming | Frightening because of an awareness of danger |
| Spanish | agorero, amenazador, amenazante, funesto, ominoso, siniestro | |
| Catalan | amenaçador, ominós, sinistre | |
| Meaning | stemming from evil characteristics / characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable. | |
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| Example | "the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"-Thomas Hardy | |
| Synonyms | black, dark | |
| Broader | evil | morally bad or wrong |
| Spanish | corrupto, negro, obscuro, oscuro, perverso, siniestro | |
| Catalan | negre, obscur | |
| Meaning | On or starting from the wearer's left. | |
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| Example | "bar sinister" | |
| Category | heraldry | The study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies |
| Broader | sinistral | Of or on the left |
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