seeming evil or dangerous; making you think something bad will happen 邪恶的;险恶的;不祥的;有凶兆的 There was something cold and sinister about him. 他给人一种冷酷阴险的感觉。 There is another, more sinister, possibility. 还有另一种更糟糕的可能。 We needn’t assume that there was a sinister motive for what she did. 我们不必假定她所做的事有险恶的动机。
Extra ExamplesI found his silence rather sinister. 我觉得他的沉默显得有几分险恶。 There was a sinister undertone in his words. 他的话中有不祥的弦外之音。
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Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘malicious, underhand’): from Old French sinistre or Latin sinister ‘left’.