All sinister synonyms
sinΒ·isΒ·ter
S s adj sinister
- minacious β menacing; threatening.
- forbidding β grim; unfriendly; hostile; sinister: his forbidding countenance.
- lowery β dark and gloomy; threatening: a lowery sky.
- larboard β (formerly) port2 (def 1).
- fearful β causing or apt to cause fear; frightening: a fearful apparition.
- intimidatory β to make timid; fill with fear.
- ill-omened β having or attended by bad omens; ill-starred.
- minatory β menacing; threatening.
- irredeemable β not redeemable; incapable of being bought back or paid off.
- maleficent β doing evil or harm; harmfully malicious: maleficent destroyers of reputations.
- indirect β not in a direct course or path; deviating from a straight line; roundabout: an indirect course in sailing.
- malevolent β wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious: His failures made him malevolent toward those who were successful.
- doomful β foreshadowing doom; portentously direful; ominous.
- hopeless β providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate: a hopeless case of cancer.
- depressive β Depressive means relating to depression or to being depressed.
- miasmatic β noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
- lurid β gruesome; horrible; revolting: the lurid details of an accident.
- lowdown β the real and unadorned facts; the true, secret, or inside information (usually preceded by the): We gave them the lowdown on the new housing project.
- dishonest β not honest; disposed to lie, cheat, or steal; not worthy of trust or belief: a dishonest person.
- beyond recall β If something is beyond recall, it is no longer possible to remember how it was or to bring it back to its original condition.
- left β of, relating to, or located on or near the side of a person or thing that is turned toward the west when the subject is facing north (opposed to right).
- circumlocutory β a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea.
- goner β a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- miasmic β noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
- black β lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
- grim β stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise: grim determination; grim necessity.
- impendent β impending.
- low-down β If someone gives you the low-down on a person or thing, they tell you all the important information about them.
- casuistic β of or having to do with casuistry or casuists
- malign β to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame: to malign an honorable man.
- baleful β Baleful means harmful, or expressing harmful intentions.
- inauspicious β not auspicious; boding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable.
- left-handed β having the left hand more dominant or effective than the right; preferably using the left hand: a left-handed pitcher.
- dark β When it is dark, there is not enough light to see properly, for example because it is night.
- creepy β If you say that something or someone is creepy, you mean they make you feel very nervous or frightened.
- feller β Robert William Andrew ("Bob"; "Bullet Bob") 1918β2010, U.S. baseball player.
- irremediable β not admitting of remedy, cure, or repair: irremediable conduct.
- loury β lowery.
- harmful β causing or capable of causing harm; injurious: a harmful idea; a harmful habit.
adjective sinister
- haunted β inhabited or frequented by ghosts: a haunted castle.
- exploitative β In the nature of exploitation; acting to exploit someone or something.
- eerie β uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird: an eerie midnight howl.
- ominous β portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious: an ominous bank of dark clouds.
- morbid β suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.: a morbid interest in death.
- longwinded β Alternative spelling of long-winded.
- comminatory β Threatening, punitive, or vengeful.
- nocent β harmful; injurious.
- ill β of unsound physical or mental health; unwell; sick: She felt ill, so her teacher sent her to the nurse.
- insidious β intended to entrap or beguile: an insidious plan.
- foreboding β a prediction; portent.