[ˈsɪnɪstə], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen
(e.g: there was something sinister about that murmuring voice)

- of, on, or towards the left-hand side (in a coat of arms, from the bearer's point of view, i.e. the right as it is depicted)


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Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘malicious, underhand’): from Old French sinistre or Latin sinister ‘left’