Definition
• | On the left hand, or the side of the left hand; left; -- opposed to dexter, or right. |
• | Unlucky; inauspicious; disastrous; injurious; evil; -- the left being usually regarded as the unlucky side; as, sinister influences. |
• | Wrong, as springing from indirection or obliquity; perverse; dishonest; corrupt; as, sinister aims. |
• | Indicative of lurking evil or harm; boding covert danger; as, a sinister countenance. |