English Dictionary

sinister

/ˈsɪnɪstə/

adj

Inauspicious, ominous, unlucky, illegitimate (as in bar sinister). / Evil or seemingly evil; indicating lurking danger or harm. / (archaic) Of the left side.

The dark clouds and thunder created a sinister atmosphere.

意味（1）

Inauspicious, ominous, unlucky, illegitimate (as in bar sinister).

All the several ills that visit earth,

All the several ills that visit earth, Brought forth by night, with a sinister birth.

意味（2）

Evil or seemingly evil; indicating lurking danger or harm.

sinister influences

意味（3）

(archaic) Of the left side.

my Mothers bloud

Runs on the dexter checke, and this ſiniſter

my Mothers bloud Runs on the dexter checke, and this ſiniſter Bounds in my fathers:

意味（4）

(heraldry) On the left side of a shield from the wearer's standpoint, and the right side to the viewer.

意味（5）

(obsolete) Wrong, as springing from indirection or obliquity; perverse; dishonest.

Nimble and sinister tricks and shifts.