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sinister — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dire adj Extremely serious or urgent, often warning of disaster.
  • disastrous adj Causing great damage or harm; having the nature of a disaster.
  • fiendish adj Extremely cruel or wicked, as if inspired by a demon.

Senses

sinister is used for these senses in English:

dire — full definition

  1. adj Extremely serious or urgent, often warning of disaster.
  2. adj (informal) Extremely bad in quality.

Related Dutch words