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sinistrous

[ sin-uh-struhs ]

adjective

  1. ill-omened; unlucky; disastrous.
  2. sinistral; left.


sinistrous

/ ˈ²õɪ²Ôɪ²õ³Ù°ùə²õ /

adjective

  1. sinister or ill-omened
  2. sinistral
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²õŸ±²ÔŸ±²õ³Ù°ùŽÇ³Ü²õ±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õŸ±²Ôi²õ·³Ù°ùŽÇ³Ü²õ·±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sinistrous1

1550–60; < Latin sinistr-, stem of sinister ( sinister ) + -ous
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Example Sentences

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A sinistrous rage caught him as he repeated the word to himself.

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And so, if in that constitution there be a substantial deviation from the rule, as when incompetent or unallowed persons be the advancers of themselves, or others, into that place by illegal and sinistrous means, in as much as in that case there is the divine disapprobation, it may be said there is no ordinance of God, but a contradiction and contra-ordination to God's order.

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But even put them into the hands of a knave or a fool, and yet with the most sinistrous and absurd choice, he shall not extinguish the light of any one chapter, nor so disguise Christianity, but that every feature of it will still be the same4.”

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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.

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There was in him a likeness to the sinistrous countenanced ogre behind her; yet he was a rather handsome young fellow; and as the wind, caused by their rapid course, blew backward his long, curly hair, he exhibited a cast of honesty and openness in his aspect.

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