Word Finder - sinister

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Inauspicious, ominous, unlucky, illegitimate (as in bar sinister).

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Evil or seemingly evil; indicating lurking danger or harm.

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sinister influences

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Of the left side.

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On the left side of a shield from the wearer's standpoint, and the right side to the viewer.

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Wrong, as springing from indirection or obliquity; perverse; dishonest.

There was a moment of sinister silence, then a multitudinous stirring of the leaves.

I was in the country when I reached under the seat and retrieved a long and sinister knife.

Shadows made his appearance sinister.

His face had a sinister, troubled expression; but an enigmatical smile played perpetually around his lips.

The unscrupulous rigour with which he applied his scientific method, and the sinister deductions he thought himself justified in drawing from the results it yielded, excited terror and repulsion.

It was hard to believe sweet little Sarah would be involved with anything so sinister.

By the powers of the Quadruple Alliance this event was regarded as of the most sinister omen, and the question was even raised of a fresh armed intervention in France under the terms of the secret treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.

But something sinister is at work on that ship...

It is now tolerably clear that Philip's motives in this sinister proceeding were lack of money, and probably the deliberate Finke, ii.

It's a world of charming rustics, sinister barons and wicked, wicked, wicked stepmothers.

Darkyn's laugh was sinister.

Shadows covered half his face, rendering his chiseled features and low brow sinister.

Or was it something more sinister?

He officiated at the coronation of the boy king Edward VI., and is supposed to have instituted a sinister change in the order of the ceremony, by which the right of the monarch to reign was made to appear to depend upon inheritance alone, without the concurrent consent of the people.

His activity was devoted almost exclusively to the struggle between the papacy and the Italian Risorgimento, the history of which is comprehensible only when the influence exercised by his unscrupulous, grasping and sinister personality is fully taken into account.

As the courses become more bizarre with each serving, the tone of the play adopts an increasingly sinister feel.

However, hospital tests revealed something much more sinister.

But, what then seemed to be a nearly perfect life had a more sinister undercurrent.

Even the slight comic relief of the three Imperial Ministers has a sinister undertone.

Phillip tracks him to Toledo, Ohio, and goes there determined to uncover the sinister underworld.

Others are touching, outrageous, sinister, inspiring, or downright weird.

Soon after the events of April, Talaat Bey, destined to fame as a sinister figure largely responsible for the downfall of the Ottoman Empire, became Minister of the Interior as one of the Committee's nominees in the Government.

This isn't the final triumph of consumerism—nothing nearly that sinister.

The series of six games was replete with drama, Soviet paranoia and sinister computer geeks.

A scientist 's assistant attempts to unmask a sinister villain named The Recorder who can control an electronic flying disk.

Do you wonder if every person who thinks your baby is cute has a sinister ulterior motive?

This family movie tries to provide something that everyone will enjoy by including a nice variety of romance, jazz-playing cats, and sinister catnappings.

Tattoo lettering has also been used for some sinister purposes throughout history - including during World War II.

But depending on the lore being discussed, fairies often can be sinister and mischievous, meddling in human affairs with detrimental outcomes.

Just add a set of dripping fangs to your favorite bone man and the skull immediately takes on a more sinister nature, as if such a thing were possible.

According to Psychology Today, the reason so many people find it so difficult to turn away from reality television is a little less sinister.

Nor were all the dangers dealt with of extraterrestrial origin; sinister government cabals and greedy unscrupulous industrialists were also given their comeuppance.

The plot is murky, involving a trade dispute, blockades, Jedi undercover, and an underlying story - just begun in this film - of a sinister force gathering power in hiding.

A plague of tourists, brought from our world by the sinister Mr. Chesney, on fantasy tours.

He is always apprehended and returned, often by the sinister seemingly-intelligent giant white beachball known as 'Rover'.

A sinister mansion looms in the background; sometimes the mansion is a castle.

Re-imagined characters took on new roles as male characters became female characters and the show took a darker, more sinister tone.

The sound is deep and bass-like and has often been called sinister.

Lightning bolts shoot from this character's fingertips, but his power is far more sinister than that.

It's enough to set the imagination of the science-fictionally minded person racing with possibilities whether brought about by a lab accident or a sinister plot.

His phlegmatic and persistent egotism, his sacrifice of truth and honour to self-interest, his acquiescence in the worst conditions of the world, if only he could use them for his own advantage, combined with the glaring discord between his opinions and his practice, form a character which would be contemptible in our eyes were it not so sinister.

He chuckled, a sinister sound.

There stood Acting Sheriff Fitzgerald, in full uniform, a large box in his arms, wearing a smile as wide and sinister as a horror show villain.

Dean wondered if there was another, more sinister reason for Paul Dawkins' silence on the subject—that he was the murderer of his wife's natural father.

The resolution of that sticky problem produced a solid, albeit abbreviated, night's sleep, surprisingly unfettered by dreams starring such names as Fitzgerald, Larkin, and Dawkins in imagined roles and sinister locations.

He faded in and out of shadows, as if he was part of them, the heavy trench coat making him look like some sort of sinister Batman.

Rhyn's low voice was the most sinister of all the monsters' complaints.

A massive collection of sinister looking implements was growing—tools of their trade, all apparently necessary in order to remain aloft when maneuvering up or down perpendicular columns of frozen water.

Penny said, glaring at the officer as she tapped the handle of a sinister looking ice ax.

Once he has his allies assembled, can they uncover who is behind this sinister plot before it is too late?