sinister

Significat (Anglès)

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

Conceptes

sinistre

amenaçador

negre

obscur

ominós

Oposat a

dexter

Sinònims

ominous

evil

threatening

baleful

menacing

inauspicious

minatory

ill-omened

nasty

dark

treacherous

vicious

malign

black

minacious

unholy

unlucky

portentous

lowering

bad

👎

wicked

malicious

ill-boding

forbidding

angry

😠

sinistral

sinistrous

left

execrable

mean

perverse

pessimistic

rancorous

shady

spiteful

stinking

sullen

tricky

underhand

vile

virulent

wickedness

wily

wolfish

ill omen

presageful

abominable

presagious

awful

bad luck

Traduccions

siniestro

sinistre

sinistro

sinistra

böse

nefasto

unheimlich

uğursuz

menaçant

kötü

👎

sinistro

sinister

ameaçador

sénestre

noir

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈsɪnɪstə/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: sinistre

In summary

From Middle English sinistre (“unlucky”), from Old French senestre, sinistre (“left”), from Latin sinister (“left hand”).