evil
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/ˈivəl/
English
Definitions
noun
- Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.“Evil lacks spirituality, hence its need for mind control.”
- Something which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; something which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; harm; injury; mischief.
- A malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil (scrofula).
adjective
- Intending to harm; malevolent.“an evil plot to brainwash and even kill innocent people”
- Morally corrupt.“Do you think that companies that engage in animal testing are evil?”
- Unpleasant, foul (of odour, taste, mood, weather, etc.).
- Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous.
adverb
- Wickedly, evilly, iniquitously
- Injuriously, harmfully; in a damaging way.
- Badly, poorly; in an insufficient way.
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Synonyms
malevolentmaliciousnefariouswickedmaleficmaleficentmalignevil-mindedflagitiouswickednessdiabolicaliniquitysinisterdespicableimmoralitydepravedunholyheinous