Of persons. Bringing misfortune on oneself or others; unlucky; evil-doing, wicked.

Morally evil; wicked, iniquitous, depraved, vicious, immoral, blameworthy, reprehensible. Of persons. Obsolete exc. dialect. Common in Scottish.

Of persons: Addicted to evil, wickedness, or vice; wicked.

Of persons: Worthless, base, evil.

Of persons: deviating from integrity, rectitude, or probity; doing or prone to do that which is evil, noxious, or unjust; opprobrious, vicious.

Of persons: addicted to vice or immorality; of depraved habits; profligate, wicked.

Of a person. Morally bad, wicked. Occasionally also of a domestic animal: vicious, uncontrollable. Cf. naught, pron. 2a and noughty, adj. 2. Obsolete.