Definition of sinister

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• sinister is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
• sinister is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
• sinister is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 9

Definition of sinister

• stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable (adjective)

  Examples

  1. the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him

  Synonyms

  1. black
  2. dark
• threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments (adjective)

  Examples

  1. sinister storm clouds
  2. a sinister smile

  Synonyms

  1. baleful
  2. forbidding
  3. menacing
  4. minacious
  5. minatory
  6. ominous
  7. threatening
• on or starting from the wearer's left (adjective)

  Examples

  1. bar sinister

See definition of sinister in Merriam Webster