Word Definition

Sinister

  1. Indicative of lurking evil or harm; boding covert danger; as, a sinister countenance.
  2. Wrong, as springing from indirection or obliquity; perverse; dishonest; corrupt; as, sinister aims.
  3. Unlucky; inauspicious; disastrous; injurious; evil; -- the left being usually regarded as the unlucky side; as, sinister influences.
  4. On the left hand, or the side of the left hand; left; -- opposed to dexter, or right.