Английский Этимологический словарь - sinister
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Sinister
sinister
- 1411, from O.Fr. sinistre "contrary, unfavorable, to the left," from L. sinister "left, on the left side" (opposite of dexter). The L. word was used in augury in the sense of "unlucky, unfavorable," and acquired a sense of "harmful, unfavorable, adverse" from Gk. influence, reflecting the early Gk. practice of facing north when observing omens. Bend (not "bar") sinister in heraldry indicates illegitimacy.
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~ adj making you feel that something evil, wrong, or illegal is happening or will happen (a sinister figure lurking in the shadows | a sinister looking mask | Was it all a cover-up for more sinister activities?) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
2.
Something that is sinister seems evil or harmful. There was something sinister about him that she found disturbing. ADJ ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
3.
adjective Etymology: Middle English sinistre, from Anglo-French senestre on the left, from Latin sinistr-, ~ on the left side, unlucky, inauspicious Date: 15th century 1. archaic unfavorable, unlucky 2. archaic fraudulent 3. singularly evil or productive of evil 4. a. of, relating to, or situated to the left or on the left side of something; especially being or relating to the side of a heraldic shield at the left of the person bearing it b. of ill omen by reason of being on the left 5. presaging ill fortune or trouble 6. accompanied by or leading to disaster • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun Synonyms: ~, baleful, malign mean seriously threatening evil or disaster. ~ suggests a general or vague feeling of fear or apprehension on the part of the observer a ~ aura haunts the place. baleful imputes perniciousness or destructiveness to something whether working openly or covertly exerting a corrupt and baleful influence. malign applies to what is inherently evil or harmful the malign effects of racism. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 suggestive of evil; looking malignant or villainous. 2 wicked or criminal (a sinister motive). 3 of evil omen. 4 Heraldry of or on the left-hand side of a shield etc. (i.e. to the observer's right). 5 archaic left-hand. Derivatives sinisterly adv. sinisterness n. Etymology: ME f. OF sinistre or L sinister left SINISTRAL adj. & n. --adj. 1 left-handed. 2 of or on the left. 3 (of a flat-fish) with the left side uppermost. 4 (of a spiral shell) with whorls rising to the left and not (as usually) to the right. Derivatives sinistrality n. sinistrally adv. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. дурной; зловещий; мрачный sinister face —- мрачное лицо sinister beginning —- начало, не сулящее ничего хорошего sinister symptoms —- зловещие симптомы 2. нечестный, темный sinister character —- темная личность in a sinister manner —- нечестным путем 3. низкий, низменный, дурной sinister influence —- дурное влияние sinister affections —- низменные склонности sinister intentions —- дурные намерения articles written with a sinister purpose —- злонамеренные статьи 4. злополучный, несчастный sinister accident —- злополучное происшествие sinister —- злая судьба 5. гибельный, пагубный, губительный sinister place —- гиблое место by some accident sinister to him —- вследствие одного губительного для него случая 6. левый, находящийся слева 7. геральд. находящийся на левой (правой от зрителя) стороне щита the bar sinister —- черная полоса на гербе (незаконнорожденного); незаконнорожденность ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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adj. 1) зловещий 2) злой, дурной 3) obs.; joc. левый 4) herald. находящийся на правой (от зрителя) стороне герба ...Англо-русский словарь
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