sinister 音标拼音: [s'ɪnɪstɚ]
a . 不吉利的,凶恶的,左边的
不吉利的,凶恶的,左边的
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 " [
synonym : {
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 [
synonym : {
black }, {
dark },
{
sinister }]
3 :
on or starting from the wearer '
s left ; "
bar sinister "
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Accented on the middle syllable by the older poets ,
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L .
sinister :
cf .
F .
sinistre .]
1 .
On the left hand ,
or the side of the left hand ;
left ; --
opposed to {
dexter },
or {
right }. "
Here on his sinister cheek ." --
Shak .
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1913 Webster ]
My mother '
s blood Runs on the dexter cheek ,
and this sinister Bounds in my father '
s --
Shak .
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Note :
In heraldy the sinister side of an escutcheon is the side which would be on the left of the bearer of the shield ,
and opposite the right hand of the beholder .
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2 .
Unlucky ;
inauspicious ;
disastrous ;
injurious ;
evil ; --
the left being usually regarded as the unlucky side ;
as ,
sinister influences .
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All the several ills that visit earth ,
Brought forth by night ,
with a sinister birth . --
B .
Jonson .
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3 .
Wrong ,
as springing from indirection or obliquity ;
perverse ;
dishonest ;
corrupt ;
as ,
sinister aims .
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Nimble and sinister tricks and shifts . --
Bacon .
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He scorns to undermine another '
s interest by any sinister or inferior arts . --
South .
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He read in their looks . . .
sinister intentions directed particularly toward himself . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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4 .
Indicative of lurking evil or harm ;
boding covert danger ;
as ,
a sinister countenance .
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{
Bar sinister }. (
Her .)
See under {
Bar },
n .
{
Sinister aspect } (
Astrol .),
an appearance of two planets happening according to the succession of the signs ,
as Saturn in Aries ,
and Mars in the same degree of Gemini .
{
Sinister base }, {
Sinister chief }.
See under {
Escutcheon }.
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163 Moby Thesaurus words for "
sinister ":
adverse ,
amoral ,
antagonistic ,
apocalyptic ,
backhand ,
backhanded ,
bad ,
baleful ,
baneful ,
base ,
black ,
bodeful ,
boding ,
circuitous ,
conflicting ,
conscienceless ,
contrary ,
corrupt ,
corrupted ,
counter ,
counteractive ,
counterclockwise ,
criminal ,
crooked ,
dark ,
deflectional ,
detrimental ,
deviant ,
deviative ,
devious ,
diabolical ,
difficult ,
digressive ,
dire ,
disastrous ,
dishonest ,
dishonorable ,
divagational ,
divergent ,
doomful ,
doubtful ,
dreary ,
dubious ,
evasive ,
evil ,
evil -
starred ,
excursive ,
fateful ,
felonious ,
fishy ,
foreboding ,
fraudulent ,
furtive ,
gloomy ,
hard ,
harmful ,
hostile ,
ill ,
ill -
boding ,
ill -
fated ,
ill -
got ,
ill -
gotten ,
ill -
omened ,
ill -
starred ,
immoral ,
improper ,
in opposition ,
inaccurate ,
inauspicious ,
indirect ,
inexpedient ,
inferior ,
inimical ,
insidious ,
invalid ,
larboard ,
left ,
left -
hand ,
left -
handed ,
left -
wing ,
left -
wingish ,
levorotatory ,
liberal ,
lowering ,
malefic ,
maleficent ,
malevolent ,
malicious ,
malign ,
malignant ,
menacing ,
minacious ,
minatory ,
miserable ,
near ,
nefarious ,
nigh ,
not easy ,
not kosher ,
oblique ,
of evil portent ,
ominous ,
opposed ,
opposing ,
opposite ,
peccant ,
pernicious ,
port ,
portending ,
portentous ,
questionable ,
radical ,
rigorous ,
rotten ,
shady ,
shameless ,
shifty ,
side ,
sidelong ,
sinful ,
sinistral ,
sinistrocerebral ,
sinistrocular ,
sinistrogyrate ,
sinistrorse ,
slippery ,
sneaky ,
somber ,
stressful ,
suspicious ,
threatening ,
treacherous ,
tricky ,
troublesome ,
troublous ,
trying ,
unconscienced ,
unconscientious ,
unconscionable ,
underhand ,
underhanded ,
unethical ,
unfavorable ,
unfortunate ,
unhealthy ,
unkind ,
unlucky ,
unpleasant ,
unprincipled ,
unpromising ,
unpropitious ,
unsavory ,
unscrupulous ,
unskillful ,
unstraightforward ,
untoward ,
vicious ,
villainous ,
wicked ,
without remorse ,
without shame ,
wretched ,
wrong
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