Evil
Sinister
Sinister adjective - Being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come.
Usage example: the movie relies too much on sinister background music to create the suspense that the plot sorely lacks
Evil is a synonym for sinister in characteristic topic. You can use "Evil" instead an adjective "Sinister", if it concerns topics such as property, corrupt, nasty, threatening.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Slips in My Gym Partner's a Monkey' is an aversion - he's lazy and The Stoner, but not evil or sinister.
Source: Snakes Are Sinister -
Buzz Buzzard from the Woody Woodpecker cartoons was usually shown as genuinley evil and sinister, as opposed to Woody who was just an obnoxious Screwy Squirrel type.
Source: Feathered Fiend -
This is a Truth in Television thing, as intentionally sinister or evil-sounding nicknames are common in organized crime and were often the name under which mobsters became famous in the era when the comic started in the USA.
Source: Obviously Evil
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