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Definition
evil or harmful; or making an evil or frightening impression
- 'Where is he?' said Frodo, looking round, as if he expected a masked and sinister figure to come out of a cupboard.1.5 — Book 1 Chapter 5 — A Conspiracy Unmasked (67% in)
- That cheered them greatly; for it was good to see a sight of anything beyond the wood's borders, though they did not mean to go that way, if they could help it: the Barrow-downs had as sinister a reputation in hobbit-legend as the Forest itself.1.6 — Book 1 Chapter 6 — The Old Forest (38% in)
There are no more uses of "sinister" in The Fellowship of the Ring.
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