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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition

SINISTER

adjective
Etymology: Middle English sinistre, from Anglo-French senestre on the left, from Latin sinistr-, sinister on the left side, unlucky, inauspicious
Date: 15th century
unfavorable , unlucky , fraudulent , singularly evil or productive of evil,

4. of, relating to, or situated to the left or on the left side of something, of ill omen by reason of being on the left, presaging ill fortune or trouble, accompanied by or leading to disaster, sinisterly adverb sinisterness noun Synonyms: see: sinister