All 4 Uses
sinister
in
Beautiful Creatures
(Edited)
- In the candlelight, Macon looked sinister.
p. 129.7 *sinister = evil, harmful, or frightening
- She laughed, a sinister, painful sort of sound.
p. 174.2
- She looked over at me, with that sinister smile, and her face was twisted into darkness and shadows.
p. 175.3
- Sinister, haunting, like the voice of the wind itself.
p. 267.8
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.