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TOEFL BNC: 6953 COCA: 9576

sinister

Word family 
sin·is·ter /ˈsɪnɪstə $ -ər/ ●○○ adjectiveadj  
BAD BEHAVIOUR OR ACTIONSmaking you feel that something evil, dangerous, or illegal is happening or will happen 不祥的，凶兆的；阴险的；邪恶的
there is something/nothing sinister about somebody/something
 There was something sinister about Mr Scott’s death.
斯科特先生的死有点蹊跷。
 There is a sinister side to these events.
这些事件有邪恶的一面。
 He was a handsome man, in a sinister sort of way.
他英俊的外貌中带着一点阴险。
 a sinister atmosphere
不祥的气氛
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sinister• The First Couple looks sleazy and careless but not necessarily sinister.• Her dark eyes and evil laugh made her seem sinister.• Daffy keeps reappearing to Richard as a ghost, unstoppably loquacious and with a joviality that turns increasingly sinister.• The man was dressed in a black suit and wore dark glasses. There was something sinister about him.• Their presence was all the more sinister amidst the approaching thunder of anticlericalism.• As I gazed on this incongruous tableau, however, the scene gradually took on a more sinister aspect.• Not even a sinister black cat, but a large and lazy-looking tabby.• A sinister figure lurked in the shadows.• There may be more sinister forces at work behind the scenes.• a sinister laugh• The drawing style is rough and abrasive, the heavy blacks underlining the sinister plotting of Silver and his renegades.• Some might say it's a sinister way to spend your time.
Origin sinister
(1400-1500) Old French sinistre, from Latin sinister “left-handed, unlucky”
sin·is·ter adjectiveadj
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TOEFL BNC: 6953 COCA: 9576
sinister

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB VERBS➤be, look, seem, sound邪惡；看起來不吉祥；好像陰險；聽起來很邪惡▸➤find sth發覺⋯不吉祥ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其／相當／非常不祥▸➤deeply, truly極其／確實不祥▸➤almost近乎險惡▸➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒／略有些險惡▸➤faintly, vaguely有點兒陰險；隱約有凶兆◇I found his silence faintly sinister.他默不作聲，令我感到有些不妙。➤somehow不知怎地透出險惡
TOEFL BNC: 6953 COCA: 9576
sinister adj.
⇨ threatening
TOEFL BNC: 6953 COCA: 9576
sinister
Evil: evil, atrocious, bad...

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