All 3 Uses
sinister
in
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
(Edited)
- It seems to me to be a most dark and sinister business.
*sinister = evil, harmful, or frightening
- Dark enough and sinister enough.
- To me at least there was a strange contrast between the sweet promise of the spring and this sinister quest upon which we were engaged.
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.