sinister

About 2.86 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Inauspicious, ominous, unlucky, illegitimate.

   bar sinister

2. adjective Evil or seemingly evil; indicating lurking danger or harm.

   sinister influences

3. adjective Of the left side.
4. adjective On the left side of a shield from the wearer's standpoint, and the right side to the viewer.
5. adjective Wrong, as springing from indirection or obliquity; perverse; dishonest.

Similar words

evil wicked ugly alarming minacious threatening minatory menacing forbidding black

Often followed by

and in than figure influence about motives designs aspect

Word family

sinisterly sinisterness sinisternesses