sinister

What doesn’t change with the times is that “It” is synonymous with its star antagonist, Pennywise, the sinister clown that terrorizes Derry.

But the sinister thing about Obamacare is, and the way the architects did this, it was diabolical.

"There was a sinister undertone and it was difficult to build rapport," she wrote in a statement.

Over time, the prosecution said, the aliases became "rather more sinister" threatening the girl and saying they would contact her father if she did not do as Davies asked.

The stage lights turn green, smoke rises and the speakers blare out a theme with sinister horns.