Both Uses
sinister
in
The Bell Jar
(Edited)
- I also remembered Buddy Willard saying in a sinister, knowing way that after I had children I would feel differently, I wouldn't want to write poems any more.
Chpt 7 *sinister = evil, harmful, or frightening
- I had very little knowledge about TB, but it seemed to me an extremely sinister disease, the way it went on so invisibly.
Chpt 8
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) Much more rarely and only in very old usage, sinister can refer to the left side of something.