Sinister
Crossword Clue and Answers
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This clue in was most recently seen in the wild in The Guardian Quick.
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Publications
- The Guardian Quick - Friday, 22 Jan 2021
- The Guardian Quick - Friday, 11 Sep 2020
- Irish Independent - Simple - Thursday, 2 Apr 2020
- The Guardian Speedy - Sunday, 4 Mar 2018
Crossword Answers
3 letters
BAD
Nonstandard; "so-called bad grammar"
4 letters
EVIL
Morally objectionable behavior
DARK
An unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness"
LEFT
A turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east; "take a left at the corner"
GRIM
Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"
5 letters
SHADY
Filled with shade; "the shady side of the street"; "the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed"; "we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove"; "cool umbrageous woodlands"
BLACK
(board games) the darker pieces
EERIE
Suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious; "an eerie feeling of deja vu"
6 letters
MALIGN
Evil or harmful in nature or influence; "prompted by malign motives"; "believed in witches and malign spirits"; "gave him a malign look"; "a malign lesion"
WICKED
Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"
SPOOKY
Unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
CREEPY
Causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin; "a creepy story"; "I had a creepy-crawly feeling"
7 letters
OMINOUS
Presaging ill fortune; "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government"
BALEFUL
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"
8 letters
MENACING
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"
MINATORY
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"
9 letters
MINACIOUS
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"
10 letters
EVILMINDED
FORBIDDING
An official prohibition or edict against something
VILLAINOUS
Extremely wicked; "nefarious schemes"; "a villainous plot"; "a villainous band of thieves"
11 letters
THREATENING
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"
DISQUIETING
Causing mental discomfort; "the disquieting sounds of nearby gunfire"