Both Uses
sinister
in
Asylum, by Madeleine Roux
(Edited)
- That this really was no accident, no hallucination, but part of something much more sinister?
p. 87.4sinister = evil, harmful, or frightening
- This was something a little more sinister.
p. 119.1 *
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.