Word Information

Sinister

  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL)
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS)
  • Words with Friends

Definitions for Sinister

adjective
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
Synonyms
Examples
  1. a baleful look
  2. forbidding thunderclouds
  3. his tone became menacing
  4. ominous rumblings of discontent
  5. sinister storm clouds
  6. a sinister smile
  7. his threatening behavior
  8. ugly black clouds
  9. the situation became ugly
adjective
stemming from evil characteristics or forces
Synonyms
Examples
  1. wicked or dishonorable
  2. black deeds
  3. a black lie
  4. his black heart has concocted yet another black deed
  5. Darth Vader of the dark side
  6. a dark purpose
  7. dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility
  8. the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"-Thomas Hardy
adjective
on or starting from the wearer's left
Examples
  1. bar sinister

Scrabble (8 points)

Words with Friends (9 points)

Unscramble "Sinister"