Sinister

Sinister

Sinister is originally a Latin term for "left" or "to the left" (and by extension, left-handedness), and is used in heraldry to refer to the left of the bearer of the arms, and to the right by the viewer's eyes. It is often used to mean evil.

Sinister may also refer to:
* Bend sinister, heraldic charge
* Baton sinister, diminutive of the bend sinister

Sinister in comic books and literature:
* Mister Sinister, Marvel Comics supervillain
* Sinister Six, Marvel Comics supervillain group
* Sinister Twelve, Marvel Comics supervillain group
* "", comic-related video game
* "Sinister Dexter", comic book
* Simon Bar Sinister, villain on the "Underdog" cartoon show
* "Bend Sinister", novel by Vladimir Nabokov
* "The Sinister Signpost", Hardy Boys novel by Franklin W. Dixon

Sinister in music:
* Sinister (band), from the Netherlands
* "Sinister Footwear", orchestral ballet by Frank Zappa in three movements
* "The Sinister Urge", album by Rob Zombie
* "Sinister Slaughter", album by the band Macabre
* "Bend Sinister", album by the band The Fall
* "If You're Feeling Sinister", album by the band Belle & Sebastian
* "", live album by Belle & Sebastian
* "OG Sinister, a rapper from Los Angeles, CA

See also

* The Sinister Minister
* Synyster Gates, guitarist


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  • sinister — sinister,[/p] baleful, malign, malefic, maleficent all mean seriously threatening, portending, or promising evil or disaster, usually imminent or already initiated evil or disaster. Sinister is the most commonly employed of these words and the… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Sinister — Sin is*ter (s[i^]n [i^]s*t[ e]r; 277), a. Note: [Accented on the middle syllable by the older poets, as Shakespeare, Milton, Dryden.] [L. sinister: cf. F. sinistre.] 1. On the left hand, or the side of the left hand; left; opposed to {dexter}, or …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sinister — Жанр дэт метал Страна …   Википедия

  • sinister — [sin′is tər] adj. [ME sinistre < L sinister, left hand, or unlucky (side), orig. lucky (side) < IE base * sene , to prepare, achieve > Sans sánīyān, more favorable: early Roman augurs faced south, with the east (lucky side) to the left,… …   English World dictionary

  • sinister — early 15c., prompted by malice or ill will, from O.Fr. sinistre contrary, unfavorable, to the left, from L. sinister left, on the left side (opposite of dexter), perhaps from root *sen and meaning properly the slower or weaker hand [Tucker], but… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Sinister — Allgemeine Informatione …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Sinister — (lat.), 1) link; Sinistrae tibiae, s.u. Flöte; 2) linkisch, verkehrt; 3) ungünstig, unglücklich; dagegen in den Auspicien der Römer glücklich, von guter Vorbedeutung …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Sinister — (lat.), link, linkisch; bei Vorzeichen in der Religionssprache der Römer ursprünglich glückverheißend, später nach griechischer Theorie unheilverkündend …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • sinister — I adjective alarming, baleful, baneful, blameworthy, censurable, cold blooded, comminatory, conscienceless, contemptible, corrupt, creepy, cruel, culpable, dangerous, demoniac, demoniacal, deserving of condemnation, designing, despiteful,… …   Law dictionary

  • sinister — [adj] nasty, menacing adverse, apocalyptic, bad, baleful, baneful, blackhearted, corrupt, deleterious, dire, disastrous, dishonest, disquieting, doomful, evil, foreboding, harmful, hurtful, ill boding, inauspicious, injurious, lowering, malefic,… …   New thesaurus

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