All 9 Uses of
sinister
in
Harry Potter (#5) and the Order of the Phoenix
- There was a musical box that emitted a faintly sinister, tinkling tune when wound, and they all found themselves becoming curiously weak and sleepy, until Ginny had the sense to slam the lid shut; a heavy locket that none of them could open; a number of ancient seals; and, in a dusty box, an Order of Merlin, First Class, that had been awarded to Sirius's grandfather for 'services to the Ministry'.
Chpt 6sinister = evil, harmful, or frightening
- It was pulsating slightly, giving it the rather sinister look of some diseased internal organ.
Chpt 10 *
- Standing still and quiet in the gathering gloom, the creatures looked eerie and sinister.
Chpt 10
- Harry thought of the sinister winged horses he had seen on the night he had arrived and how Luna had said she could see them too.
Chpt 13
- She then bustled around the desk with it, smiling in a sinisterly sweet fashion.†
Chpt 28
- As Harry watched, one of the larger Catherine wheels seemed to decide that what it needed was more room to manoeuvre; it whirled towards Umbridge and Filch with a sinister 'wheeeeeeeeee'.
Chpt 28sinister = evil, harmful, or frightening
- She was so short that this did not make a great deal of difference, but her fussy, simpering demeanour had given place to a hard fury that made her broad, flabby face look oddly sinister.
Chpt 29
- There was Mad-Eye Moody, looking quite as sinister with his bowler hat pulled low over his magical eye as he would have done without it, his gnarled hands clutching a long staff, his body wrapped in a voluminous travelling cloak.
Chpt 38
- 'Well…' said Moody, pushing back his bowler hat to reveal his sinisterly revolving magical eye.†
Chpt 38
Definition:
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(sinister) evil or harmful; or making an evil or frightening impression