SINISTER
\sˈɪnɪstə], \sˈɪnɪstə], \s_ˈɪ_n_ɪ_s_t_ə]\
Definitions of SINISTER
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Wrong, as springing from indirection or obliquity; perverse; dishonest; corrupt; as, sinister aims.
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Indicative of lurking evil or harm; boding covert danger; as, a sinister countenance.
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On the left hand, or the side of the left hand; left; - opposed to dexter, or right.
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Unlucky; inauspicious; disastrous; injurious; evil; - the left being usually regarded as the unlucky side; as, sinister influences.
By Oddity Software
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Wrong, as springing from indirection or obliquity; perverse; dishonest; corrupt; as, sinister aims.
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Indicative of lurking evil or harm; boding covert danger; as, a sinister countenance.
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On the left hand, or the side of the left hand; left; - opposed to dexter, or right.
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Unlucky; inauspicious; disastrous; injurious; evil; - the left being usually regarded as the unlucky side; as, sinister influences.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman