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22 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• sinister adj. Inauspicious, ominous, unlucky, illegitimate (as in bar sinister).
• sinister adj. Evil or seemingly evil; indicating lurking danger or harm.
• sinister adj. (Archaic) Of the left side.
• sinister adj. (Heraldry) On the left side of a shield from the wearer’s standpoint, and the right side to the viewer.
• sinister adj. (Obsolete) Wrong, as springing from indirection or obliquity; perverse; dishonest.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• sinister bijv. (Heraldiek) links.

— English words, defined in French —

• sinister adj. Sinistre.
• sinister adj. Sénestre.
• sinister adj. (Héraldique) Senestre, côte gauche de l’écu.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• sinister adj. Izquierdo, siniestro.
• sinister adj. Siniestro, ominoso.
• sinister adj. Maligno.
• sinister adj. Engañoso, maledicente.
• sinister adj. Deshonesto, tramposo.
• sinister adj. Desafortunado, adverso.
• sinister adj. Heráldica. Siniestro.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• sinister s. Minaccioso, sinistro.
• sinister s. Nefasto.
• sinister s. (Araldica) posto a sinistra: nello scudo è visibile sulla destra dell’osservatore.

— In German —

• sinister Adj. Gehoben: düster und unheilvoll.
• sinister Adj. Medizin: links, auf der linken Seite.

— In Dutch —

• sinister bijv. Onheilspellend.

37 English words from 5 English definitions

and Archaic as␣in bar bar␣sinister danger dishonest evil from harm Heraldry illegitimate Inauspicious indicating indirection left lurking obliquity Obsolete of␣a ominous On␣the perverse right right␣side seemingly shield side sinister springing standpoint the to␣the unlucky viewer wearer Wrong

11 English words from 17 foreign definitions

auf dell der écu gauche Izquierdo links scudo Sinistre sulla und

31 foreign words from 17 foreign definitions

adverso Araldica côte Desafortunado Deshonesto destra düster Engañoso Gehoben Heráldica Heraldiek Héraldique linken maledicente Maligno Medizin Minaccioso Nefasto nello ominoso Onheilspellend osservatore posto Seite Sénestre siniestro sinistra sinistro tramposo unheilvoll visibile

4 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

sinisterly sinisterism sinisterness sinisterwise

12 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

unsinister bar-sinister Bar-Sinister bar␣sinister ambisinister bars-sinister Bars-Sinister bars␣sinister bend␣sinister baton␣sinister bends␣sinister batons␣sinister

23 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ist Ist IST -ist is't nis NIS Niš Nist NIST sin Sin SIN Sini Ste StE STE Ste. -ster -ster- ter TER ter-

15 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ETs ETS ETSI nis NIS Niš ret Ret. rets sin Sin SIN Sini TSI Tsin

3 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

insister resistin sinistre

27 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

dirtiness disinsert disinters insisters insisture inspirest invitress Kirsteins ministers ministres misinsert raisinets Raisinets resinites resisting resistins retinosis ritziness sanitiser siren␣suit sistering sisterkin sit-inners sitters-in spiritens Stirnweis swertisin

14 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

estrins Estrins inserts Inserts inter-is senitis sestrin sinters sintirs sistern Sistine sistren Stiners Strines

2 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

minister singster

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