sinister
adjective
1. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic events
- sinister storm clouds
- a sinister smile
Similar word(s): alarming, baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, threatening
2. stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
- the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him
Similar word(s): evil, black, dark
3. on the left side of something.
- here on his sinister cheek
Similar word(s): sinistral
Sentences with sinister as an adjective:
- sinister influences
- the sinister atmosphere of the crypt