Hyphenation of sinister

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word sinister ? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

sin-is-ter

Definitions of sinister :

1.	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
2.	Stemming from evil characteristics or forces Wicked or dishonorable Black deeds A black lie His black heart has concocted yet another black deed Darth Vader of the dark side A dark purpose Dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility The scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him-Thomas Hardy
3.	On or starting from the wearer's left Bar sinister

Synonyms of sinister :

adj	baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, threatening, ugly, alarming
adj	black, dark, evil, wicked
adj	sinistral

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.