Associations to the word «Sinister»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

SINISTER, adjective. Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly".
SINISTER, adjective. Stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; "black deeds"; "a black lie"; "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed"; "Darth Vader of the dark side"; "a dark purpose"; "dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility"; "the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"-Thomas Hardy.
SINISTER, adjective. On or starting from the wearer's left; "bar sinister".

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.