sinistrous
Americanadjective
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ill-omened; unlucky; disastrous.
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sinistral; left.
adjective
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sinister or ill-omened
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sinistral
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of sinistrous
1550–60; < Latin sinistr-, stem of sinister ( see sinister) + -ous
Example Sentences
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A sinistrous rage caught him as he repeated the word to himself.
From The Long Lane's Turning by Rives, Hallie Erminie
Have I a sinistrous look to meditate such mischief?
From The Advocate by Heavysege, Charles
To say that most of it exists on paper is not sinistrous to an ambitious civil organization which has been in existence but two years.
From The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 by Various
The patriots gratified themselves with expectations that some sinistrous accident, or erroneous conduct, might diffuse discontent, and inflame malignity.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 06 Reviews, Political Tracts, and Lives of Eminent Persons by Johnson, Samuel
The arrival of a beggar on an Island is accounted a sinistrous event.
From Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Johnson, Samuel
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