Phrase Hound found 7 phrases and 9 compound words that contain sinister. The most common are listed below. Open sinister in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 7
- bend sinisterA diagonal band on a coat of arms going from the sinister chief (the viewer's top right) to the dexter base, sometimes erroneously held to indicate bastardy.
- bar sinisterA bend sinister or baton sinister in a coat of arms.
- baton sinisterA kind of bend sinister, in which a narrow strip extends from the lower left to the upper right of the shield in a coat of arms but does not extend to the edges of the shield
- per bend sinister(Partitioned) diagonally by a line going from the sinister chief (viewer's top right) towards the dexter base, (especially) into two halves (formally party per bend sinister).
- bars sinisterplural of bar sinister: A bend sinister or baton sinister in a coat of arms.
- bends sinisterplural of bend sinister: A diagonal band on a coat of arms going from the sinister chief (the viewer's top right) to the dexter base, sometimes erroneously held to indicate bastardy.
- batons sinisterplural of baton sinister: A kind of bend sinister, in which a narrow strip extends from the lower left to the upper right of the shield in a coat of arms but does not extend to the edges of the shield
Compound words 9
- sinisterismA sinister atmosphere.
- sinisterlyIn a sinister manner.
- ambisinistrousclumsy, ambilevous
- sinisternessThe state or condition of being sinister.
- unsinisterNot sinister.
- sinistrousOn the left side; inclined to the left; sinistral.
- ambisinisterAwkward or clumsy with both hands.
- sinisteritySinisterness.
- sinisterwiseSinister; on the left-hand side from the wearer's viewpoint.