sinister

  • (adjective): Inauspicious, ominous, unlucky, illegitimate (as in bar sinister).
  • (adjective): Evil or seemingly evil; indicating lurking danger or harm.
  • (adjective): Of the left side.
  • (adjective): On the left side of a shield from the wearer's standpoint, and the right side to the viewer.
  • (adjective): Wrong, as springing from indirection or obliquity; perverse; dishonest.
  • sinister influences