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sinister: on or starting from the wearer's left; "bar sinister"

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black mark collapse

black eye collapse: a bad reputation; "his behavior gave the whole family a black eye"

ill-starred collapse

leftward collapse

coat of arms collapse: the official symbols of a family, state, etc.

escutcheon collapse: a shield; especially one displaying a coat of arms; (nautical) a plate on a ship's stern on which the name is inscribed

scutcheon collapse

lozenge collapse: a small aromatic or medicated candy

annulet collapse: a small ring; molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column; (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a circle; "a hollow roundel"

arms collapse

disparagement collapse: the act of speaking contemptuously of; a communication that belittles somebody or something

smirch collapse: smear so as to make dirty or stained

reprimand collapse: rebuke formally

sinistral collapse: of or on the left; "a sinistral gastropod shell with the apex upward has its opening on the left when facing the observer"; "a sinistral flatfish lies with the left eye uppermost"; preferring to use left foot or hand or eye; "sinistral individuals exhibit dominance of the left hand and eye"

stressful collapse

backhanded collapse: roundabout or ambiguous; "attacks from that source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity"; "a backhanded and dishonest way of reaching his goal"

unethical collapse: not conforming to approved standards of social or professional behavior; "unethical business practices"

ill-fated collapse

unprincipled collapse: having little or no integrity; lacking principles or moral scruples; "freedom from coarse unprincipled calumny"- A.E.Stevenson

quartering collapse: dividing into four equal parts; living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel); a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages

smudge collapse: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"; a smoky fire to drive away insects

cockatrice collapse: monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to kill with a glance

left wing collapse

amoral collapse: lacking any sense of moral standards or principles; "a completely amoral person"

unconscientious collapse: not conscientious; not guided by a sense of right and wrong

onus collapse

blur collapse: a hazy or indistinct representation; "it happened so fast it was just a blur"; "he tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz"; become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred"; make dim or indistinct; "The drug blurs my vision"; to make less distinct or clear; "The haze blurs the hills"

imputation collapse: the attribution to a source or cause; "the imputation that my success was due to nepotism meant that I was not taken seriously"; a statement attributing something dishonest (especially a criminal offense); "he denied the imputation"

Rasputin collapse: Siberian peasant monk who was religious advisor in the court of Nicholas II; was assassinated by Russian noblemen who feared that his debauchery would weaken the monarchy (1872-1916)

tarnish collapse: discoloration of metal surface caused by oxidation; make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"

pernicious collapse

unpromising collapse: unlikely to bring about favorable results or enjoyment; "faced an unpromising task"; "music for unpromising combinations of instruments"

digressive collapse: (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects; "amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things"; "a rambling discursive book"; "his excursive remarks"; "a rambling speech about this and that"; of superficial relevance if any; "a digressive allusion to the day of the week"; "a tangential remark"

excursive collapse

canton collapse: a small administrative division of a country; divide into cantons, of a country

Svengali collapse: the musician in a novel by George du Maurier who controls Trilby's singing hypnotically; someone (usually maleficent) who tries to persuade or force another person to do his bidding

not kosher collapse

bar sinister collapse: a mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left

five percenter collapse

sable collapse: marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur; a scarf (or trimming) made of sable; an artist's brush made of sable hairs; the expensive dark brown fur of the marten; of a dark somewhat brownish black

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