When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend. From LearnThat.org. [William Blake (1757-1827), English poet.]
Bar sinister. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Even the English word sinister comes from the Latin sinestra, which means left. From Wordnik.com. [news | OS | http://www.ocala.com] Reference
S refers to the Latin word sinister, meaning left. From Wordnik.com. [The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2001] Reference
So in English 'sinister' is used for "threatening or dangerous or evil sort of things". From Wordnik.com. [LearnHub Activities] Reference
Hill knows that the sinister is enhanced by obliqueness. From Wordnik.com. [2008 October 13 « One-Minute Book Reviews] Reference
To take them as something more sinister is just ridiculous. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Add Bad Ethics to the Problems of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”?] Reference
If nothing sinister is going on, then no one should object to this right?. From Wordnik.com. [AOL Search Data Shows Users Planning to commit Murder. « The Paradigm Shift] Reference
Don't you enjoy when nostalgic, commonplace items are reworked in sinister ways?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference
This attempt to make ordinary use of images somehow sinister is totally outrageous. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » A Sad Victory for Thuggery in Texas] Reference
Not saying anything sinister is going on here, but I doubt we are getting the whole story. From Wordnik.com. [Sanford to return to work Wednesday, staff says] Reference
The word “sinister” comes from the Latin word for left – as in “left-handed” or “left side”. From Wordnik.com. [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Expectations] Reference
I wouldn't call it sinister, but I think the Clintons will use any leverage they can get to obtain power. From Wordnik.com. [Top Obama VP candidate takes himself out of the running] Reference
Tainting its title the sinister name of Moebus seemed to reoccur persistently in his confused imagination. From Wordnik.com. [The Danger Mark] Reference
The stunt is McCain shaking Obama's right hand while stabbing him in the back with his left (hence the word sinister). From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
Although there is nothing wrong with someone modifying their position or views, critics tend to portray this in sinister terms. From Wordnik.com. [Behe vs. Dawkins] Reference
We have met the scary Mr. Byrne before in these pages: perhaps sinister is the mot juste when thinking of this Orwellian creep. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-06-22] Reference
She has failed to check in for over three weeks, and Sylvester has become concerned that something sinister is happening in her County. From Wordnik.com. [A Local Habitation: Technology Bites Back « A Working Title] Reference
Massmart plan for a fund to take out rivals 'sinister' - tribunal. From Wordnik.com. [IOL: News] Reference
Why can’t I get involved in sinister plots like this?. From Wordnik.com. [Curious People with Dangerous Ideas « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
On the sinister is the plain shield as on the earlier seal. From Wordnik.com. [Archaeologia, or, Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity [microform]] Reference
The rides and the toys were a lure in what authorites call a sinister preditor. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
But by the time he reached middle age, he gave off what one writer called a sinister aura. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Empress] Reference
Something sinister is at hand. From Wordnik.com. [[INTERVIEW] Mark Henry « Urban Fantasy Land] Reference
It's like some kind of sinister amusement-park ride. From Wordnik.com. [Unwelcome Spirits Haunt 'The Bedlam in Goliath'] Reference
Sounds kind of sinister, like...community organizers?. From Wordnik.com. [How did Sarah Palin get picked for VP?] Reference
I don't think that 'sinister' is too strong a word here. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
But the character himself-he sounds kind of sinister, Marko. From Wordnik.com. [Splurge Pans Out : Utensibility Meme] Reference
Is it any surprise that the Latin word for left is "sinister"?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-05-01] Reference
It wasn't -- there was no kind of sinister conspiracy at the start. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 1, 2004] Reference
I'm sorry, I want nothing to do with that kind of sinister rhetoric. From Wordnik.com. [Bacteria Could Survive in Martian Soil | Universe Today] Reference
A. Boisfeuillet, in his own kind of sinister way, somehow either turned. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Calvin Kytle, January 19, 1991. Interview A-0365. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
But such kids have been put through a kind of sinister culinary special ed. From Wordnik.com. [Playing With Their Food] Reference
Calling it "sinister," one of them confesses, "I've always been terrified of Leonardo.". From Wordnik.com. [A Space in Time] Reference
As is suspecting that the reason these answers aren't being given is "sinister" in nature. From Wordnik.com. [The Facts Speak For Themselves] Reference
And, frankly, this is why I use the word "sinister" in connection with this kind of thing. From Wordnik.com. [Posthuman Blues] Reference
Not to mention that it exudes a kind of sinister intelligence: I swear it's looking at me. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference
Limbaugh opened his diatribe against IPC by dramatically proclaiming this to be a "sinister" story. From Wordnik.com. [Christians Rebuke Dr. Dobson] Reference
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