evil

[ ee-vuhl ]

/ ˈi vəl /

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adjective

morally wrong or bad; immoral; wicked: evil deeds; an evil life.

harmful; injurious: evil laws.

characterized or accompanied by misfortune or suffering; unfortunate; disastrous: to be fallen on evil days.

due to actual or imputed bad conduct or character: an evil reputation.

marked by anger, irritability, irascibility, etc.: He is known for his evil disposition.

noun

that which is evil; evil quality, intention, or conduct: to choose the lesser of two evils.

the force in nature that governs and gives rise to wickedness and sin.

the wicked or immoral part of someone or something: The evil in his nature has destroyed the good.

harm; mischief; misfortune: to wish one evil.

anything causing injury or harm: Tobacco is considered by some to be an evil.

a harmful aspect, effect, or consequence: the evils of alcohol.

a disease, as king's evil.

adverb

in an evil manner; badly; ill: It went evil with him.

Idioms for evil

the evil one, the devil; Satan.

Origin of evil

before 900; Middle English evel, evil, Old English yfel; cognate with Gothic ubils, Old High German ubil, German übel, Old Frisian, Middle Dutch evel

SYNONYMS FOR evil

1 sinful, iniquitous, depraved, vicious, corrupt, base, vile, nefarious.

2 pernicious, destructive.

6 wickedness, depravity, iniquity, unrighteousness, corruption, baseness.

9 disaster, calamity, woe, misery, suffering, sorrow.

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ANTONYMS FOR evil

1 righteous.

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synonym study for evil

1. See bad¹.

OTHER WORDS FROM evil

e·vil·ly, adverb e·vil·ness, noun non·e·vil, adjective non·e·vil·ly, adverb

non·e·vil·ness, noun qua·si-e·vil, adjective qua·si-e·vil·ly, adverb un·e·vil, adjective un·e·vil·ly, adverb

Words nearby evil

evidence, evident, evidential, evidentiary, evidently, evil, evil eye, evil one, evil twin, evil-minded, evildoer

Example sentences from the Web for evilness

But even more surprising than the evilness of these characters is their outrageous lack of subtlety.

‘Sleepy Hollow’ Is TV’s Craziest, Most Over-the-Top New Show ... And You Should Watch It |Amy Zimmerman |October 8, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Considered in the light of his evilness, the unanimous conclusion was that he had killed Timothy Brown.

The Faith of Men |Jack London
Verily there is no worm-kind nor wild beast-kind like in evilness to an evil woman.

The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church |lfric
At last the evilness of these thoughts was plain to me; so quickly I cast the dagger overboard, and it was gone.

Wulfric the Weapon Thane |Charles W. Whistler

And they say that the evilness of money hath made all things dearer.

Sermons on the Card and Other Discourses |Hugh Latimer
He couldn't tell her of the dissipation he had seen in her brother's face, nor of the evilness that had been stamped there.

Square Deal Sanderson |Charles Alden Seltzer

British Dictionary definitions for evilness

evil

/ (ˈiːvəl) /

adjective

morally wrong or bad; wicked an evil ruler

causing harm or injury; harmful an evil plan

marked or accompanied by misfortune; unlucky an evil fate

(of temper, disposition, etc) characterized by anger or spite

not in high esteem; infamous an evil reputation

offensive or unpleasant an evil smell

slang good; excellent

noun

the quality or an instance of being morally wrong; wickedness the evils of war

(sometimes capital) a force or power that brings about wickedness or harm evil is strong in the world

archaic an illness or disease, esp scrofula (the king's evil)

adverb

(now usually in combination) in an evil manner; badly evil-smelling

Derived forms of evil

evilly, adverb evilness, noun

Word Origin for evil

Old English yfel, of Germanic origin; compare Old Frisian evel, Old High German ubil evil, Old Irish adbal excessive

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