Sinister may refer to:
- The left side (viewers right side) of an escutcheon or coat of arms in heraldry, see dexter and sinister
- Left-handedness
- Bend (heraldry), Bend sinister, heraldic charge
- Baton sinister, diminutive of the bend sinister
In film:
- Sinister (film), a 2012 horror film starring Ethan Hawke
In comic books and literature:
- Mister Sinister, Marvel Comics supervillain
- Sinister Six, Marvel Comics supervillain group
- Sinister Twelve, Marvel Comics supervillain group
- Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six, comic-related video game
- Sinister Dexter, comic book
- Simon Bar Sinister, villain on the Underdog cartoon show
- Bend Sinister (novel), novel by Vladimir Nabokov
- The Sinister Signpost, Hardy Boys novel by Franklin W. Dixon
In music:
- Sinister (band), from the Netherlands
- Sinister Footwear, orchestral ballet by Frank Zappa in three movements
- The Sinister Urge (album), album by Rob Zombie
- Sinister Slaughter, album by the band Macabre
- Bend Sinister (album), album by the band The Fall
- If You're Feeling Sinister, album by the band Belle & Sebastian
- If You're Feeling Sinister: Live at the Barbican, live album by Belle & Sebastian
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Famous quotes containing the word sinister:
“To shoot a man because one disagrees with his interpretation of Darwin or Hegel is a sinister tribute to the supremacy of ideas in human affairsbut a tribute nevertheless.”
—George Steiner (b. 1929)
“Are you being sinister or is this some form of practical joke?
Im trying to come to the point.
I refuse to give up my obsession.
America stop pushing I know what Im doing.
America the plum blossoms are falling.”
—Allen Ginsberg (b. 1926)
“Calm fell. From Heaven distilled a clemency;
There was peace on earth, and silence in the sky;
Some could, some could not, shake off misery:
The Sinister Spirit sneered: It had to be!
And again the Spirit of Pity whispered, Why?”
—Thomas Hardy (18401928)