The Only Use of
sinister
in
The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber
- Also, he had always had a great tolerance which seemed the nicest thing about him if it were not the most sinister.
sinister = evil, harmful, or frightening
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.