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ADJECTIVE | 1 | evil, wicked | Morally bad or wrong |
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2 | evil, depraved, vicious | Having the nature of vice | |
3 | evil, harmful, injurious | Tending to cause great harm | |
4 | evil, malefic, malevolent, malign | Having or exerting a malignant influence | |
NOUN | 1 | evil, immorality, wickedness, iniquity | Morally objectionable behavior |
2 | evil | That which causes harm or destruction or misfortune | |
3 | evil, evilness | The quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice |
Sounds | iy'vahl |
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Rhymes | abdominal, Abel, able, and 2059 more rhymes in ahl at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Morally bad or wrong. |
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Examples | "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds" |
Synonyms | wicked |
Attribute of | evil, evilness |
Similar | atrocious, flagitious, grievous, heinous, monstrous; bad, immoral; black, dark, sinister; corruptive, perversive, pestiferous; demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy; despicable, ugly, vile, unworthy; devilish, diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelian, mephistophelean; evil-minded |
See also | bad; infernal; immoral; offensive; wrong; unrighteous; wicked |
Contrary | good |
Adverbs | evilly |
Meaning | Having the nature of vice. |
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Synonyms | depraved, vicious |
Similar to | wicked |
Meaning | Tending to cause great harm. |
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Synonyms | harmful, injurious |
Similar to | malign |
Meaning | Having or exerting a malignant influence. |
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Synonyms | malefic, malevolent, malign |
Similar to | maleficent |
Meaning | Morally objectionable behavior. |
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Synonyms | immorality, wickedness, iniquity |
Narrower | deviltry, devilry; foul play; irreverence, violation; sexual immorality |
Broader | transgression, evildoing |
Meaning | That which causes harm or destruction or misfortune. |
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Examples | "the evil that men do lives after them |
Narrower | Four Horsemen |
Broader | bad, badness |
Meaning | The quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice. |
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Examples | "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world" |
Synonyms | evilness |
Attributes | evil, wicked |
Narrower | malevolence, malevolency, malice; malignity, malignancy, malignance; maleficence, mischief, balefulness; worst; nefariousness, wickedness, vileness; reprehensibility; villainy, villainousness; perversity; error, wrongdoing; frailty, vice |
Broader | immorality |
Contrary | good, goodness |