How is the word sinistre translated from French to English

English translation
Sinister
adjective

Qui paraît maléfique et susceptible de nuire.

Seeming evil and likely to bring harm.

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  • Il y avait un silence sinistre. — There was a sinister silence.

  • Une ombre sinistre a bougé derrière le rideau. — A sinister shadow moved behind the curtain.

  • Pourquoi la maison vide a-t-elle l'air si sinistre ? — Why does the empty house look so sinister?

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