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[ wik-id-nis ] / ˈwɪk ɪd nɪs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR wickedness ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe quality or state of being wicked. wicked conduct or practices. a wicked act or thing. Origin of wickednessMiddle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at wicked, -ness Words nearby wickednesswiccan, Wichita, Wichita Falls, wick, wicked, wickedness, wicker, wickerwork, wicket, wicketkeeper, wicket maiden Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for wickednessTrying to climb this mountain of wickedness is like trying to climb a glass wall with your bare hands. There's Little We Can Do to Prevent Another Massacre|Megan McArdle|December 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST The discussion poses an argument: In the book of Ezekiel, God is determined to wipe out a city, which is full of wickedness. For Shame|Alana Suskin|July 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST He sends down his wickedness to the country and tempts weak folks to sin. Gallegher and Other Stories|Richard Harding Davis He's taken to drink, and is spending in wickedness the money his father left him. Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home|Bayard Taylor
He was a Great Spirit, who was expelled from heaven, or the happy hunting grounds, because of his wickedness. The Knight of the Golden Melice|John Turvill Adams You said in your letter to me the other day, Jonathan, that you thought things were bad because of the wickedness of man's nature. The Common Sense of Socialism|John Spargo What Whitefield says of his boyhood's wickedness must be received with caution. The Life of the Rev. George Whitefield, Volume I (of 2)|Luke Tyerman
Words related to wickednessdepravity, atrocity, evildoing, evil, immorality, infamy, iniquity, deviltry, vice, offense, sin, unrighteousness, flagrancy |