adjective
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
Synonyms
Examples
- 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
adjective
stemming from evil characteristics or forces
Synonyms
Examples
- 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
adjective
on or starting from the wearer's left
Examples
- bar sinister