Meaning

2 senses
  1. (archaic)On the left side; inclined to the left; sinistral.

  2. (archaic)Wrong, sinister, absurd, or perverse

Origin

From sinister + -ous.

From sinister + -ous.

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Forms

more sinistrous, most sinistrous
Comparativemore sinistrous Lesson
Superlativemost sinistrous Lesson

regular

Antonyms

1 antonyms
dextrous

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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