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How to pronounce “sinister”
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Pronunciation guide for sinister
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of sinister with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Stressed? “Just Relax” Isn't the Answer
dark and sinister. It's pushing past
- Definition summary
- Inauspicious, ominous, unlucky, illegitimate (as in bar sinister).
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce sinister
Stressed? “Just Relax” Isn't the Answer
dark and sinister. It's pushing past
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “sinister”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Inauspicious, ominous, unlucky, illegitimate (as in bar sinister).
- Evil or seemingly evil; indicating lurking danger or harm.
- (archaic) Of the left side.
- (heraldry) On the left side of a shield from the wearer's standpoint, and the right side to the viewer.
- (obsolete) Wrong, as springing from indirection or obliquity; perverse; dishonest.
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