sinister

English Thesaurus

1. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments (adj.all)

similar	:	alarming,
definition	:	frightening because of an awareness of danger (adj.all)

2. on or starting from the wearer's left (adj.all)

similar	:	sinistral,
definition	:	of or on the left (adj.all)

domain category	:	heraldry,
definition	:	the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies (noun.cognition)

3. stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable (adj.all)

similar	:	evil,
definition	:	morally bad or wrong (adj.all)

4. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments (adj.all)

derivation	:	balefulness, maleficence, mischief,
definition	:	the quality or nature of being harmful or evil (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	omen, portent, presage, prodigy, prognostic, prognostication,
definition	:	a sign of something about to happen (noun.event)

5. stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable (adj.all)

derivation	:	dark, darkness, iniquity, wickedness,
definition	:	absence of moral or spiritual values (noun.state)

6. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments (adj.all)

derivation	:	balefulness, maleficence, mischief,
definition	:	the quality or nature of being harmful or evil (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	omen, portent, presage, prodigy, prognostic, prognostication,
definition	:	a sign of something about to happen (noun.event)

7. stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable (adj.all)

derivation	:	dark, darkness, iniquity, wickedness,
definition	:	absence of moral or spiritual values (noun.state)