Textual thesaurus for "sinister"

(adj) threatening, baleful, ominous, minacious, minatory, menacing, forbidding

threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

a baleful look; forbidding thunderclouds; his tone became menacing; ominous rumblings of discontent; sinister storm clouds; a sinister smile; his threatening behavior; ugly black clouds; the situation became ugly

(adj) black, dark

stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable

black deeds; a black lie; his black heart has concocted yet another black deed; Darth Vader of the dark side; a dark purpose; dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility; the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him-Thomas Hardy