Need another word that means the same as “sinister”? Find 28 synonyms and 30 related words for “sinister” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Sinister” are: black, dark, baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, threatening, frightening, eerie, alarming, disturbing, disquieting, suggestive of evil, evil-looking, evil, wicked, bad, criminal, corrupt, nefarious, villainous, base, vile, malevolent, malicious, malign
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “sinister” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| alarming | Frightening because of an awareness of danger. Our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate. |
| bad | Feeling physical discomfort or pain tough is occasionally used colloquially for bad. Has a bad back. |
| baleful | Deadly or sinister. The Florida eagles have a fierce baleful look. |
| base | Serving as or forming a base. Base coins of aluminum. |
| black | Of the face made black especially as with suffused blood. Man has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands. |
| corrupt | Having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain. Spoke a corrupted version of the language. |
| criminal | Involving or being or having the nature of a crime. A criminal waste of talent. |
| dark | Having a dark hue. Dark green. |
| disquieting | Causing mental discomfort. He found Jean s gaze disquieting. |
| disturbing | Causing anxiety; worrying. A disturbing amount of crime. |
| eerie | Suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious. An eerie green glow in the sky. |
| evil | Of a force or spirit embodying or associated with the forces of the devil. No man is so evil as to be beyond redemption. |
| evil-looking | Having an evil appearance. |
| forbidding | Harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance- J.M.Barrie. Forbidding thunderclouds. |
| frightening | Making someone afraid or anxious; terrifying. A frightening experience. |
| malevolent | Having or exerting a malignant influence. The glint of dark malevolent eyes. |
| malicious | Having the nature of or resulting from malice- Rudyard Kipling. Took malicious pleasure in watching me wince. |
| malign | Having or exerting a malignant influence. Believed in witches and malign spirits. |
| menacing | Suggesting the presence of danger; threatening. Our officers encountered menacing looks from teenagers. |
| minacious | Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments. |
| minatory | Expressing or conveying a threat. He is unlikely to be deterred by minatory finger wagging. |
| nefarious | Extremely wicked. The nefarious activities of the organized crime syndicates. |
| ominous | Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments. A dead and ominous silence prevailed. |
| suggestive of evil | Tending to suggest or imply. |
| threatening | Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments. Her mother had received a threatening letter. |
| vile | Extremely unpleasant. He has a vile temper. |
| villainous | Extremely wicked. A villainous plot. |
| wicked | Having committed unrighteous acts. A wicked and unscrupulous politician. |
| aggressive | Having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends. Aggressive drivers. |
| bad | Badly. I feel bad that our business is benefiting from something so horrible. |
| baleful | Deadly or sinister. A baleful look. |
| baneful | Exceedingly harmful. The baneful effects of envy and jealousy. |
| boding | A feeling of evil to come. A steadily escalating sense of foreboding. |
| brawl | A rough or noisy fight or quarrel. A street brawl. |
| circumstances | Your overall circumstances or condition in life including everything that happens to you. He found himself in straitened circumstances. |
| daunting | Seeming difficult to deal with in prospect; intimidating. A daunting task. |
| evil | Of a force or spirit embodying or associated with the forces of the devil. Evil deeds. |
| fateful | Having momentous consequences; of decisive importance- Saturday Rev. A fateful oversight. |
| forbidding | Harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance- J.M.Barrie. A grim and forbidding building. |
| foreboding | Implying that something bad is going to happen. When the Doctor spoke his voice was dark and foreboding. |
| impious | (of a person or act) wicked. The emperor s impious attacks on the Church. |
| inauspicious | Contrary to your interests or welfare. Following this inauspicious start the British outnumbered withdrew. |
| inhumane | Without compassion for misery or suffering; cruel. Humans are innately inhumane this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world. |
| intimidating | Having a frightening, overawing, or threatening effect. The intimidating defence barrister. |
| menacing | Suggesting the presence of danger; threatening. Our officers encountered menacing looks from teenagers. |
| minatory | Expressing or conveying a threat. He is unlikely to be deterred by minatory finger wagging. |
| nefarious | (typically of an action or activity) wicked or criminal. Nefarious schemes. |
| omen | Indicate as with a sign or an omen. He looked for an omen before going into battle. |
| ominous | Giving the worrying impression that something bad is going to happen; threateningly inauspicious. A dead and ominous silence prevailed. |
| presentiment | An intuitive feeling about the future, especially one of foreboding. A presentiment of disaster. |
| threatening | Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments. Taylor was in custody on a charge of threatening behaviour. |
| unfortunate | Not auspicious; boding ill. An unfortunate speech. |
| unpleasant | Causing discomfort, unhappiness, or revulsion; disagreeable. Unpleasant repercussions. |
| unpropitious | Not propitious. His reports were submitted at a financially unpropitious time. |
| vice | Immoral or wicked behaviour. Vice offends the moral standards of the community. |
| vicious | Deliberately cruel or violent. A vicious flu bug. |
| villainous | Extremely bad or unpleasant. A villainous smell. |
| wicked | Naughtily or annoyingly playful. A wicked prank. |
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