sinister
Dictionary
adjective
- Inauspicious, ominous, unlucky, illegitimate (as in bar sinister).
- Evil or seemingly evil; indicating lurking danger or harm.
"sinister influences"
- Of the left side.
- On the left side of a shield from the wearer's standpoint, and the right side to the viewer.
- Wrong, as springing from indirection or obliquity; perverse; dishonest.
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