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Showing words for SINISTER using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Sinister

insister, reinsist, sinister

7 Letter Words for Sinister

entiris, estrins, inserts, sinters, sistern, sistine, strines

6 Letter Words for Sinister

estrin, inerts, insert, insets, insist, insite, inters, intire, irises, issite, niters, reists, resins, resist, resits, restis, rinses, seniti, serins, sients, sinter, sirens, sisten, sister, snirts, steins, sterin, sterns, stires, strine, tessin, tinier, tinies, tresis, triens, trines

5 Letter Words for Sinister

ensis, entsi, inert, inset, instr, inter, intis, issei, iters, neist, nerts, nests, niris, nisei, nisse, niter, reins, reist, rents, resin, resit, rests, retin, rines, rinse, risen, rises, rites, seirs, senit, senti, sents, serin, sesti, siens, sient, siest, sines, siren, sires, siris, sites, snies, snirt, snite, snits, stein, stens, steri, stern, sties, stine, stire, stirs, terns, tiens, tiers, tines, tires, tress, tries, trine, trins, tsine

4 Letter Words for Sinister

entr, erin, eris, erns, erst, ests, init, inst, inti, intr, ires, iris, isis, isnt, iter, ness, nest, neti, nets, nies, nisi, nist, nits, rein, reit, rent, rest, rets, ries, rine, rins, rise, rist, rite, rits, seir, seis, seit, sens, sent, sers, sert, sets, sien, sier, sine, sins, sire, siri, sirs, sise, sisi, sist, site, siti, sits, snit, sris, sten, ster, stie, stir, stre, tens, tern, tien, tier, ties, tine, tins, tire, tres, trie, trin

3 Letter Words for Sinister

eir, ens, ern, ers, ert, esr, ess, est, ins, int, ire, irs, ise, isn, ist, its, nei, net, nie, nis, nit, rei, res, rie, rin, rit, rte, rti, sei, sen, ser, set, sie, sin, sir, sis, sit, sri, sse, str, ten, ter, tes, tie, tin, tis, tri, trs, tsi, tss

Definitions for Sinister

[1] threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous: a sinister remark.
[2] bad, evil, base, or wicked; fell: his sinister purposes.
[3] unfortunate; disastrous; unfavorable: a sinister accident.
[4] of or on the left side; left.
[5] Heraldry . noting the side of an escutcheon or achievement of arms that is to the left of the bearer (opposed to dexter).
[6] threatening or suggesting evil or harm; ominous a sinister glance
[7] evil or treacherous, esp in a mysterious way
[8] (usually postpositive) heraldry of, on, or starting from the left side from the bearer's point of view and therefore on the spectator's right
[9] archaic located on the left side
[10] archaic (of signs, omens, etc) unfavourable

Words related to Sinister

perverse, threatening, evil, mischievous, dire, ominous, malevolent, adverse, apocalyptic, bad, baleful, baneful, corrupt, deleterious, disastrous, dishonest, disquieting, foreboding, harmful, hurtful

Words nearby Sinister

sinicism, sinicize, sinify, sinigrin, sining, sinister, sinistrad, sinistral, sinistrality, sinistration, sinistro-

Origin of Sinister

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin: on the left hand or side, hence unfavorable, injurious

Other words from Sinister

sin·is·ter·ly , adverb
sin·is·ter·ness , noun
un·sin·is·ter , adjective
un·sin·is·ter·ly , adverb
un·sin·is·ter·ness , noun

Word origin for Sinister

C15: from Latin sinister on the left-hand side, considered by Roman augurs to be the unlucky one

Synonyms for Sinister

dire, evil, malevolent, mischievous, ominous, perverse, threatening, adverse, apocalyptic, bad, baleful, baneful, blackhearted, corrupt, deleterious, disastrous, dishonest, disquieting, doomful, foreboding, harmful, hurtful, ill-boding, inauspicious, injurious, lowering, malefic, malign, malignant, obnoxious, pernicious, poisonous, portentous, unfavorable, unfortunate, unlucky, unpropitious, woeful