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Meaning of sinister


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  sinister
      adj 1: threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments;
             "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" [syn: {baleful}, {forbidding},
             {menacing}, {minacious}, {minatory}, {ominous},
             {sinister}, {threatening}]
      2: stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or
         dishonorable; "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"-Thomas Hardy [syn: {black}, {dark},
         {sinister}]
      3: on or starting from the wearer's left; "bar sinister"


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