adj.
- suggestive of evil or harm.
- archaic & Heraldry on or towards the left-hand side (in a coat of arms, from the bearer's point of view, i.e. the right as it is depicted). The opposite of dexter1.
Derivative
- sinisterly adv.
- sinisterness n.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. sinistre or L. sinister ‘left’.