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sinister |
Grep of noun sinister bar sinister bend sinister oculus sinister Overview of adj sinister The adj sinister has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (3) baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening, ugly -- (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") 2. (1) black, dark, sinister -- (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) 3. sinister -- ((heraldry) on or starting from the wearer's left "bar sinister") Antonyms of adj sinister 3 senses of sinister Sense 1 baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening, ugly INDIRECT (VIA alarming) -> unalarming Sense 2 black, dark, sinister INDIRECT (VIA evil) -> good Sense 3 sinister INDIRECT (VIA sinistral) -> dextral Similarity of adj sinister 3 senses of sinister Sense 1 baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening, ugly => alarming (vs. unalarming) Sense 2 black, dark, sinister => evil (vs. good), wicked Sense 3 sinister => sinistral (vs. dextral) Attributes of adj sinister Familiarity of adj sinister sinister used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj sinister sinister Overview of adj sinister The adj sinister has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (3) baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening, ugly -- (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") 2. (1) black, dark, sinister -- (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) 3. sinister -- ((heraldry) on or starting from the wearer's left "bar sinister")
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