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Detailed Synonyms for sinister in English

sinister:

sinister adj

  1. sinister
  2. sinister
    scary
    – provoking fear terror 1
    • scary adj
      • a scary movie1
  3. sinister
  4. sinister
    scary
    – provoking fear terror 1
    • scary adj
      • a scary movie1
  5. sinister
    eerie
    – inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening 1
    • eerie adj
      • an uncomfortable and eerie stillness in the woods1
      • an eerie midnight howl1
    scary
    – provoking fear terror 1
    • scary adj
      • a scary movie1
  6. sinister
  7. sinister
    – threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments 1
    ominous; sinister; threatening; forbidding; menacing; baleful; minacious; minatory
    – threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments 1
  8. sinister
    – on or starting from the wearer's left 1
    sinister
    – on or starting from the wearer's left 1
  9. sinister
    – stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable 1
    black; dark; sinister
    – stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable 1
    • black adj
      • black deeds1
      • a black lie1
      • his black heart has concocted yet another black deed1
    • dark adj
      • Darth Vader of the dark side1
      • a dark purpose1
      • dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility1
    • sinister adj
      • the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him1

Related Words for "sinister":

  • sinisterly

Alternate Synonyms for "sinister":


Related Definitions for "sinister":

  1. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments1
    • sinister storm clouds1
    • a sinister smile1
  2. on or starting from the wearer's left1
    • bar sinister1
  3. stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable1
    • the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him1

Related Synonyms for sinister