Synonyms for sinister
ˈsɪn ə stərsin·is·ter

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1. sinisteradjective

   Antonyms:
   dexter

2. sinisteradjective

   Antonyms:
   dexter

3. sinisteradjective

   Antonyms:
   dexter

4. sinisteradjective

   Antonyms:
   dexter

5. sinisteradjective

   Antonyms:
   dexter

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.7 / 3 votes

1. sinister

   Synonyms:
   unlucky, inauspicious, ill-omened, portentous, disastrous, unfavorable, wrong, unfair, underhanded, evil, foul, dishonest, dishonorable, forbidding, repulsive, lowering

   Antonyms:
   lucky, fortunate, propitious, auspicious, favorable, right, fair, open, honest, honorable, attractive, winning, engaging, assuring, frank

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1. baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threateningadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   grim, inauspicious, sullen, minacious, baneful, lowering, black, baleful, dark, heavy, minatory, dour, ominous, menacing, ill, forbidding, threatening

   Antonyms:
   dextral, good, unalarming

2. black, dark, sinisteradjective

   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

   Synonyms:
   blackened, ominous, sullen, bootleg, black-market, disgraceful, calamitous, forbidding, dismal, dark, moody, non-white, disconsolate, threatening, coloured, glum, fatal, dark-skinned, black, fateful, baleful, smuggled, inglorious, menacing, dim, pitch-dark, glowering, minatory, obscure, sour, pitch-black, grim, mordant, drab, benighted, contraband, shameful, saturnine, disastrous, smutty, ignominious, sorry, gloomy, morose, bleak, dingy, dreary, dour, drear, opprobrious, minacious, blue

   Antonyms:
   good, unalarming, dextral

3. sinisteradjective

   on or starting from the wearer's left

   "bar sinister"

   Synonyms:
   forbidding, dark, minacious, baleful, minatory, black, menacing, threatening, ominous

   Antonyms:
   unalarming, good, dextral

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. sinisteradjective

   Synonyms:
   left, on the left hand

2. sinisteradjective

   Synonyms:
   unlucky, inauspicious, unfortunate, untoward, disastrous, injurious

3. sinisteradjective

   Synonyms:
   wrong, bad, evil, perverse, corrupt, wicked, sinful, criminal

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1. sinisteradjective

   Synonyms:
   left, unlucky, inauspicious, evil, wrong, forbidding

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1. List of paraphrases for "sinister":

   ominous, sinistral, grim, eerie, insidious, macabre, evil, underhand, spooky, dark, gloomy

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1. Bill Clinton:

   I don't think there's anything sinister in trying to get wealthy people in countries that are seriously involved in development to spend their money wisely in a way that helps poor people and lifts them up.

2. Jessica Joan:

   One of the things about NXIVM and this whole experience is that they were really great at attracting really amazing people. I think that’s one of the most sinister and unfortunate parts of this whole thing. They really preyed on good, kindhearted people that wanted to help others. There’s definitely friends that I made in this that will be friends for life.

3. Erika Sanzi:

   Since when is it acceptable to teach 11-year-olds that they may want to start trying risky sexual behaviors (risky is their word, not mine) but they should not use the words male and female and opt instead for person with a penis and person with a vulva? these lessons coupled with the sinister manipulation of language will have grave consequences. It must be called out and rejected.

4. Mohammed VI:

   I know there are old demons which are coming back to the surface. They are ready to wreak chaos and death, history sometimes threatens to take its sinister course once again.

5. Lot Chakonza:

   Make man believe he is doing the right thing, with enough convincing powers, by any means so appropriate, then man, this being that was made superior by God, may do the most sinister thing,both imaginable and in real time