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sinistre — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • baleful adj Portending evil; ominous.
  • dire adj Extremely serious or urgent, often warning of disaster.
  • eerie adj Strange and unsettling in a way that suggests something mysterious or supernatural.
  • grim adj Bleak, gloomy, or discouraging.
  • ominous adj Suggesting that something bad is about to happen; threatening or foreboding.
  • scary adjective Causing fear or unease.
  • sinister adj Suggesting evil intent or hidden danger.

Senses

sinistre is used for these senses in English:

  • baleful Portending evil; ominous.
  • dire Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.
  • eerie Inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way; strange, weird.
  • grim Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding.
  • grim Ghastly or sinister.
  • ominous Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
  • scary (informal) To a scary extent; scarily.

baleful — full definition

  1. adj Portending evil; ominous.
  2. adj Miserable, wretched, distressed, suffering.
  3. adj Deadly, mortal.

dire — full definition

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

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