All 3 Uses of
sinister
in
David Copperfield
- I could not restrain my eye from resting for an instant on a red spot upon it; but it was not so red as I turned, when I met that sinister expression in his face.
Chpt 7-9 *sinister = evil, harmful, or frightening
- He gave me a sidelong glance out of his sinister red eyes, and laughed.
Chpt 40-42
- There was something in the tone of this reply, which made Uriah look at the speaker again, with a very sinister and suspicious expression.
Chpt 52-54
Definitions:
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(1)
(sinister) evil or harmful; or making an evil or frightening impression
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely and only in very old usage, sinister can refer to the left side of something.