sinister

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

links

noodlottig

onguur

snood

onheilspellend

ongunstig

sinister

Tegenovergesteld aan

dexter

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

siniestro

sinistre

sinistro

sinistra

unheimlich

sinistre

böse

nefasto

uğursuz

menaçant

sinister

sinistro

kötü

👎

ameaçador

sénestre

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈsɪnɪstə/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: sinistre

In summary

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