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Ill-omened; unlucky; disastrous.

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Usage examples (10)
  • Reeve Gootch was right and Reeve Drughad was sinistrous!
  • At last he got quite dexterous -- and sinistrous, too, for that matter.
  • Greenish eyes, it is asserted, have the same general meaning as gray eyes, with the addition of selfishness or a sinistrous disposition.
  • He lived in obscurity, and only went out at night; he only communicated with his fellows with the most sinistrous precautions.
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