How to pronounce sinister in American English
“sinister” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to sinister the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “sinister” in: all accents · British English (78 clips)
“sinister” in real sentences — American speakers
38 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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intolerable threat posed by this sick and sinister regime and they are indeed sick and sinister.
The White House
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sinister, but unfortunately tolerated byproduct of incarceration.
Dept of Justice
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A pretty sinister-looking portrayal of the President.
The Obama White House
Words that sound like “sinister”
Words one sound away from sinister — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of sinister. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.