Sinister Explained

Sinister commonly refers to:

• Evil
• Ominous

Sinister may also refer to:

Left side

• Sinister, Latin for the direction "left"
• Sinister, in heraldry, is the bearer's true left side (viewers' right side) of an escutcheon or coat of arms; see dexter and sinister
  • Baton sinister, diminutive of the bend sinister
  • Bend sinister, heraldic charge in heraldry, sometimes used to imply ancestral illegitimacy; see bend (heraldry)
• Sinister hand, left-handedness

People

• Sinister, a stagename of bassist Derrick Tribbett's

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

• Mister Sinister, Marvel Comics supervillain
• Simon Bar Sinister, villain on the Underdog cartoon show
• Sinister Six, Marvel Comics supervillain group
• Sinister Twelve, Marvel Comics supervillain group

Films

• Sinister (film), a 2012 supernatural horror film starring Ethan Hawke
• Sinister 2, a 2015 supernatural horror film starring James Ransone

Literature

• Bend Sinister (novel), novel by Vladimir Nabokov
• The Sinister Signpost, Hardy Boys novel by Franklin W. Dixon

Music

Albums

• Bend Sinister (album), album by the band The Fall
• If You're Feeling Sinister, album by the band Belle & Sebastian
• , live album by Belle & Sebastian
• Sinister Slaughter, album by the band Macabre
• The Sinister Urge (album), album by Rob Zombie

Other music

• Sinister (band), from the Netherlands
• Sinister Footwear, orchestral ballet by Frank Zappa in three movements

Other arts, entertainment, and media

• Sinister Dexter, comic book
• , comic-related video game

Other

• Sinister Peak, North Cascades mountains, Washington state, U.S.

See also

• Sinistar, a multi-directional shooter arcade game
• Sinistral, a scientific term
• Synyster Gates, guitarist
• The Sinister Minister (disambiguation)