BENDWISE SINISTER

Meaning of BENDWISE SINISTER in English

adverb

: in the direction of a bend sinister

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SINISTER — I. ˈsinə̇stə(r), chiefly archaic sə̇ˈnis- adjective Etymology: Middle English sinistre, from Latin sinister left, on the left side, awkward, injurious, …
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BENDWISE — I. ˈbenˌdwīz adverb also bend·ways -wāz Etymology: bend (I) + -wise heraldry : in the direction of a bend : …
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SINISTER — (a.) Indicative of lurking evil or harm; boding covert danger; as, a sinister countenance.
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SINISTER — (a.) Wrong, as springing from indirection or obliquity; perverse; dishonest; corrupt; as, sinister aims.
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SINISTER — (a.) Unlucky; inauspicious; disastrous; injurious; evil; -- the left being usually regarded as the unlucky side; as, sinister influences.
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BENDWISE — (adv.) Diagonally.
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SINISTER — ( a. ) Wrong, as springing from indirection or obliquity; perverse; dishonest; corrupt; as, sinister aims.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SINISTER — ( a. ) Unlucky; inauspicious; disastrous; injurious; evil; -- the left being usually regarded as the unlucky side; as, sinister …
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SINISTER — ( a. ) Indicative of lurking evil or harm; boding covert danger; as, a sinister countenance.
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BENDWISE — ( adv. ) Diagonally.
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SINISTER — — sinisterly , adv. — sinisterness , n. /sin"euh steuhr/ , adj. 1. threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SINISTER — sə-ˈnis- adjective Etymology: Middle English sinistre, from Anglo-French senestre on the left, from Latin sinistr-, sinister on the left side, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SINISTER — adj on the left hand, or the side of the left hand; left; opposed to dexter, or right. 2. …
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BENDWISE — adv diagonally.
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SINISTER — [sin.is.ter] adj [ME sinistre, fr. L sinistr-, sinister on the left side, unlucky, inauspicious] (15c) 1 archaic: unfavorable, unlucky 2. …
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SINISTER — sinister BrE AmE ˈsɪn ɪst ə § -əst- AmE - ə r ▷ sinister|ly li ▷ sinister|ness nəs nɪs
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SINISTER — / ˈsɪnɪstə(r); NAmE / adjective seeming evil or dangerous; making you think sth bad will happen : There was something …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SINISTER — sin ‧ is ‧ ter /ˈsɪnəstə, ˈsɪnɪstə $ -ər/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Old French ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SINISTER — adj. 1 suggestive of evil; looking malignant or villainous. 2 wicked or criminal (a sinister motive). 3 of evil omen. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SINISTER — adj. 1 suggestive of evil; looking malignant or villainous. 2 wicked or criminal (a sinister motive). 3 of evil omen. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SINISTER — adj.1 suggestive of evil; looking malignant or villainous. 2 wicked or criminal (a sinister motive). 3 of evil omen. 4 …
Oxford English vocab
SINISTER — Something that is sinister seems evil or harmful. There was something sinister about him that she found disturbing. ADJ
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SINISTER — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB more ▪ But things have taken on more sinister overtones since then. ▪ Slummers, …
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SINISTER — [adjective] - suggesting that someone or something is evil, or that something evil is going to happenThe ruined house had …
Cambridge English vocab
SINISTER — adj. Function: adjective seriously threatening disaster FF1C; a sinister plot FF1E; Synonyms: baleful, malefic, maleficent, malign; compare OMINOUS Related Words: …
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SINISTER — adjective seriously threatening disaster a sinister plot Synonyms: baleful, malefic, maleficent, malign; compare ominous Related Word: fateful, ill-omened, inauspicious, ominous, …
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SINISTER — adj. VERBS ▪ be , look , seem , sound ▪ find sth ADVERB ▪ extremely , fairly , very …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SINISTER — adj. 25B6; adjective there was a sinister undertone in his words : MENACING, threatening, ominous, forbidding, baleful, frightening, alarming, disturbing, …
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SINISTER — adj. 1 fateful, inauspicious, unfavourable, foreboding, threatening, menacing, minacious, minatory or minatorial, portentous, ominous, unpropitious, disastrous, dark, gloomy There was …
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SINISTER — прил. 1) зловещий, злой, страшный, мрачный sinister smile ≈ зловещая ухмылка There was something sinister about him that she found …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SINISTER — sinister.ogg ʹsınıstə a 1. дурной; зловещий; мрачный sinister face glance - мрачное лицо -ый взгляд sinister beginning - начало, не …
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SINISTER — a 1. дурной; зловещий; мрачный sinister face glance - мрачное лицо -ый взгляд sinister beginning - начало, не сулящее ничего …
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SINISTER — прил. 1) зловещий, злой, страшный, мрачный sinister smile — зловещая ухмылка There was something sinister about him that she found …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SINISTER — прил. 1) зловещий, злой, страшный, мрачный sinister smile — зловещая ухмылка There was something sinister about him that she found disturbing. — В …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SINISTER — прил. 1) зловещий, злой, страшный, мрачный sinister smile ≈ зловещая ухмылка There was something sinister about him that she found …
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BENDWAYS — adverb see bendwise I
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PARTY — I. ˈpär]d.ē, ˈpȧ], ]tē, -i noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English partie part, portion, party, body of persons forming …
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TIERCED — ˈti(ə)rst, ˈtiəst adjective Etymology: French tiercé + English -ed heraldry : divided into three parts of different tinctures or bearing …
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IN SALTIRE — phrasal : in position so as to suggest the form of a saltire: a. of a pair of heraldic bearings …
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IN PAIRLE — adverb 1. : in the direction and position of the three arms of a pairle tierced in pairle sable, gules, …
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IN CHEVRON — phrasal of a pair of heraldic charges : one bendwise and the other bendwise sinister with the upper ends approaching …
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BEND-SINISTERWISE — (ˈ) ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌwīz adverb also bend-sin·is·ter·ways -ˌwāz : bendwise sinister
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IN BEND SINISTER — phrasal 1. : in a line in the direction of a bend sinister — used of two or more heraldic …
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IN BEND — phrasal 1. : in a line in the direction of a bend — used of two or more heraldic charges …
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TRANSVERSE — Synonyms and related words : across, across the grain, athwart, athwartships, bar, bend, bendwise, bias, biased, biaswise, catercorner, catercornered, contrariwise, …
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SLANT — Synonyms and related words : Anschauung, aberrancy, aberration, across, action, aim, anagnorisis, angle, angle of vision, angularity, animus, approach, aptitude, …
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KITTYCORNER — Synonyms and related words : across, athwart, bendwise, bias, biased, biaswise, catercorner, catercornered, catercornerways, cornerways, cornerwise, crossways, crosswise, diagonal, diagonally, …
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DIAGONAL — Synonyms and related words : across, air line, athwart, axis, band, bar, beeline, bend, bendwise, bevel, beveled, bias, biased, biaswise, …
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CROSSWISE — Synonyms and related words : across, across the grain, athwart, athwartships, awkward, bendwise, bias, biased, biaswise, bulky, catercorner, catercornered, choking, …
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CATTYCORNER — Synonyms and related words : across, athwart, bendwise, bias, biased, biaswise, catercorner, catercornered, catercornerways, cornerways, cornerwise, crossways, crosswise, diagonal, diagonally, …
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CATERCORNER — Synonyms and related words : across, athwart, bendwise, bias, biased, biaswise, catercornered, catercornerways, cornerways, cornerwise, crossways, crosswise, diagonal, diagonally, diagonalwise, …
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BIASED — Synonyms and related words : across, antiblack, aslant, aslope, athwart, atilt, bendwise, bent, bevel, beveled, bias, biaswise, canting, careening, catercorner, …
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BIAS — Synonyms and related words : a thing for, aberrancy, aberration, across, affect, affinity, angle, angle off, animus, aptitude, aptness, aslant, …
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ATHWART — Synonyms and related words : across, across the grain, adverse to, against, against the grain, against the tide, against the …
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ACROSS — Synonyms and related words : across the grain, against, astraddle, astride, athwart, athwartships, bendwise, beyond, bias, biased, biaswise, catercorner, catercornered, …
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