sinister - Meaning in Punjabi

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sinister - Meaning in Punjabi

Definitions and Meaning of sinister in English

sinister adjective

1. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

   Synonyms

   baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, threatening

   Examples

   • "a baleful look"
   • "a sinister smile"
   • "forbidding thunderclouds"
   • "his threatening behavior"
   • "his tone became menacing"
   • "ominous rumblings of discontent"
   • "sinister storm clouds"
   • "the situation became ugly"
   • "ugly black clouds"
2. on or starting from the wearer's left

   Example

   • "bar sinister"
3. stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable

   Synonyms

   black, black, dark

   Examples

   • "a black lie"
   • "a dark purpose"
   • "black deeds"
   • "dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility"
   • "Darth Vader of the dark side"
   • "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed"
   • "the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"

Synonyms of sinister

• baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, threatening
• black, dark

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