Sinister vs Surly - What's the difference?

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between sinister and surly

is that sinister is (obsolete) wrong, as springing from indirection or obliquity; perverse; dishonest while surly is (obsolete) in an arrogant or supercilious manner.

As adjectives the difference between sinister and surly

is that sinister is inauspicious]], ominous, unlucky, illegitimate (as in [[w:bar sinister|bar sinister ) while surly is (obsolete) lordly, arrogant, supercilious.

As an adverb surly is

(obsolete) in an arrogant or supercilious manner.

sinister

English

Alternative forms

* sinistre (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)

Inauspicious]], ominous, unlucky, illegitimate (as in [[w:bar sinister, bar sinister ).

* Ben Jonson

All the several ills that visit earth, / Brought forth by night, with a sinister birth.

*'>citation

Evil or seemingly evil; indicating lurking danger or harm.

sinister influences

the sinister atmosphere of the crypt

Of the left side.

* Shakespeare

Here on his sinister cheek.

* Shakespeare

My mother's blood / Runs on the dexter cheek, and this sinister / Bounds in my father's.

* 1911 , (Saki), ‘The Unrest-Cure’, The Chronicles of Clovis :

Before the train had stopped he had decorated his sinister shirt-cuff with the inscription, ‘J. P. Huddle, The Warren, Tilfield, near Slowborough.’

(heraldry) On the left side of a shield from the wearer's standpoint, and the right side to the viewer.

(obsolete) Wrong, as springing from indirection or obliquity; perverse; dishonest.

* Francis Bacon

Nimble and sinister tricks and shifts.

* South

He scorns to undermine another's interest by any sinister or inferior arts.

* Sir Walter Scott

He read in their looks sinister intentions directed particularly toward himself.

Antonyms

* (of the right side): dexter * (heraldry): dexter

Derived terms

* bar sinister * baton sinister * bend sinister * sinister aspect * sinister base * sinister chief * sinistral

Anagrams

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surly

English

Adjective

(er)

(obsolete) Lordly, arrogant, supercilious.

Irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly.

Threatening, menacing, gloomy.

The surly weather put us all in a bad mood.

Adverb

(er)

(obsolete) In an arrogant or supercilious manner.

* 1623 , , Julius Caesar , I.iii,

Against the Capitol I met a lion / Who glazed upon me, and went surly