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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.
SEE MORE SEE LESS 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.
SEE MORE SEE LESS adverb in an evil manner; badly; ill: It went evil with him.
Idioms for evilthe 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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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 quasi-evil, adjective qua·si-e·vil·ly, adverb un·e·vil, adjective un·e·vil·ly, adverb
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Words nearby evil evidence, evident, evidential, evidentiary, evidently, evil , evildoer, evil eye, evil-minded, Evil One, evil twin
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Example sentences from the Web for evil For anaerobic life, which does not use oxygen, “phosphine is not so evil ,” Sousa-Silva says.
Phosphine gas found in Venus’ atmosphere may be ‘a possible sign of life’ | Lisa Grossman| September 14, 2020| Science News
Quasimodo has been brought up by an evil politician who’s confined him his entire life within the borders of the Notre Dame Cathedral.
Toward a queer Disney canon | Emily VanDerWerff| September 4, 2020| Vox
With a series of toy models, the researchers calculated that the biased cosmic ray particles were ever-so-slightly more likely to knock an electron loose from a “live” helix than from an “evil ” one, an event that theoretically causes mutations.
Cosmic Rays May Explain Life’s Bias for Right-Handed DNA | Charlie Wood| June 29, 2020| Quanta Magazine
A world of women is a world of people, still, with full human capacity for good or evil .
After The Plague: Lauren Beukes’ New Book Is About A World Without Men | LGBTQ-Editor| May 4, 2020| No Straight News
The pursuit of a favorable credit score to secure commercial loans for our cars and homes has been viewed as a necessary evil .
High credit scores aren’t exactly what you think. Here’s the truth. | Truthbetold| March 3, 2020| TruthBeTold.news
But along with the cartoon funk is an all-too-real story of police brutality embodied by a horde of evil Pigs.
‘Black Dynamite’ Presents Police Brutality: The Musical | Stereo Williams| January 9, 2015| DAILY BEAST
One wonders if his subsequent battles with the “Evil Empire” were animated by this belief.
The Evangelical Apocalypse Is All Your Fault | Jay Michaelson| January 4, 2015| DAILY BEAST
Luke Skywalker is an evil robot who has fallen to the dark side of the force.
Juiciest ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Rumors (and Some Debunked Ones) | Rich Goldstein| January 3, 2015| DAILY BEAST
It is all too easy to be despondent in the face of what seems like the endless capacity of evil to reinvent itself.
The Catholic Philosopher Who Took on Hitler | John Henry Crosby| December 26, 2014| DAILY BEAST
But remember “Potter,” the evil banker played by Lionel Barrymore?
Congress’ Gift That Keeps on Giving | P. J. O’Rourke| December 20, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Evil is devised against you—evil you are powerless now to resist.
Pabo, The Priest | Sabine Baring-Gould
For a long time cats were dreaded by the people because they thought human beings had been changed to that form by evil means.
The Book of Hallowe'en | Ruth Edna Kelley
"She sure does get into evil ways, sometimes," added Jim, laughingly.
Five Little Starrs in the Canadian Forest | Lillian Elizabeth Roy
Many say that the use of opium is no evil , but those who say that have never known India, or else they are blind.
Letters of a Javanese Princess | Raden Adjeng Kartini
And in the book it said, "It can be maintained that the evil of pride consists in being out of proportion to the universe."
Tremendous Trifles | G. K. Chesterton
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British Dictionary definitions for evil 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
SEE MORE SEE LESS 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 )
SEE MORE SEE LESS 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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Words related to evil unpleasant, destructive, hateful, vile, malicious, vicious, heinous, ugly, bad, nefarious, villainous, corrupt, malevolent, hideous, wicked, harm, pain, catastrophe, calamity, ill