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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
threatening or foreshadowing evil, injury, or danger; menacing; ominous.
a sinister comment- synonyms:
- baleful, forbidding, foreboding, malignant, minatory, ominous, threatening
- similar words:
- alarming, dangerous, dire, direful, grim, ill, malefic, menacing, portentous
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| definition 2: |
showing evil intentions.
a sinister plot- synonyms:
- evil, ill, malefic, malign, malignant, wicked
- similar words:
- baleful, base, foul, harmful, heinous, malevolent, nefarious, pernicious, vicious, vile
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| definition 3: |
of or on the left side. (Cf. dexter.)
- synonyms:
- sinistral
- antonyms:
- dexter
- similar words:
- larboard, left-hand, port
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| related words: |
black, dark, dire, fatal, hateful, heinous, portentous, satanic, ugly, unfavorable |
adverb + (adj.)sinister
less, more, particularly, slightly, somehow, somewhat, truly, vaguely
(adj.)sinister
+ adverb
afoot
(adj.)sinister
+ noun
alien,
aspect,
cast,
charm,
chord,
cloud,
connotation,
conspiracy,
creature,
darkness,
delight,
device,
evil,
explanation,
expression,
force,
foreboding,
hum,
implication,
impulse,
intention,
killer,
label,
landscape,
laugh,
laughter,
look,
meaning,
motive,
overtones,
plot,
portrait,
purpose,
reputation,
secret,
shadow,
smile,
stereotype,
tale,
tone,
touch,
turn,
twist,
undercurrent
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