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单词 sinister
释义
Sinister
adj satadj.allthreatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
Synset:baleful forbidding menacing minacious minatory ominous threatening
Examples:
  • a baleful look
  • forbidding thunderclouds
  • his tone became menacing
  • ominous rumblings of discontent
  • sinister storm clouds
  • a sinister smile
  • his threatening behavior
  • ugly black clouds
  • the situation became ugly
Antonyms:unalarming
Derivationally Related Form:balefulnessomen
Inherited Hypernyms:baleful
Similar to:alarming
adj satadj.allstemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
Synset:black dark
Examples:
  • black deeds
  • a black lie
  • his black heart has concocted yet another black deed
  • Darth Vader of the dark side
  • a dark purpose
  • dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility
  • the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"-Thomas Hardy
Antonyms:good
Derivationally Related Form:darknessdark
Inherited Hypernyms:black
Similar to:evil
adj satadj.allon or starting from the wearer's left
Topic:heraldry
Examples:
  • bar sinister
Antonyms:dextral
Inherited Hypernyms:sinister
Similar to:sinistral
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