All 4 Uses of
sinister
in
The House of the Seven Gables
- Is there nothing dark or sinister anywhere?
Chpt 6 *sinister = evil, harmful, or frightening
- Nevertheless, in the artist's deep, thoughtful, all-observant eyes, there was, now and then, an expression, not sinister, but questionable; as if he had some other interest in the scene than a stranger, a youthful and unconnected adventurer, might be supposed to have.
Chpt 10
- She instinctively knew, it may be, that some sinister or evil potency was now striving to pass her barriers; nor would she decline the contest.
Chpt 13
- But before retiring, Jaffrey bethought himself of the evidence, in these ransacked drawers, that some one had visited the chamber with sinister purposes.
Chpt 21
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.