Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Sinister"

A: a feeling something is evil

A: Sinister usually relates to having bad/evil intentions, as in wanting to cause grief or harm

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A: The devil is sinister.
She wore a sinister red lip to the gala.
His smirk was sinister.

A: Wicked is a synonym for evil. Sinister is almost the same, but it's more a threat or implication of evil rather than an obvious trait.

A: Sinister is sneaky and evil. Villain. Maybe scary. Like in music or a murderer. Think horror film.

Vile could also be something gross or immoral. “That food tastes vile!” “I was so sick, it was vile!” “The way he killed that person was just vile!”

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sinister = looks evil
ominous = looks unlucky

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I found this post on HiNative, seems to be accurate based off the definitions

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Ominous – a feeling that something is about to happen, usually something negative

Sinister – I word to describe qualities in a person or action which are considered nefarious, evil, suspicious, troubling.


The way he said it felt ominous, as if there were a plan in motion to destroy everything we had built

The secrecy around the project felt sinister, as if we were being lied to all the time

A: sinister = looks evil
ominous = looks unlucky