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What does sinister mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word sinister? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Inauspicious, ominous, unlucky, illegitimate (as in bar sinister).
  2. Evil or seemingly evil; indicating lurking danger or harm.
  3. Of the left side.
  4. (heraldry) On the left side of a shield from the wearer's standpoint, and the right side to the viewer.
  5. (obsolete) Wrong, as springing from indirection or obliquity; perverse; dishonest.
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The most sinister bird is the giant, vulture-like lammergeier that drools upon the banks.
The actor bites amusingly into his slightly sinister role as a suspicious investigator.
It is not necessary to smash whichever city they are having their sinister and conspiratorial conferences in.
And lastly, for some problem youngsters, cannabis is a gateway to other more sinister and dangerous drugs.
There's even a couple of yellow radioactivity warning lights for sinister effect.
Having robbed her boss's safe in order to get married, she holes up overnight at the sinister Bates motel.

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