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
- 1920 - A practical medical 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
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing 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 Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
