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evilness
e·vil E0255300 (ē′vəl)adj. e·vil·er, e·vil·est 1. Morally bad or wrong; wicked: an evil tyrant.2. Causing ruin, injury, or pain; harmful: the evil effects of a poor diet.3. Characterized by or indicating future misfortune; ominous: evil omens.4. Bad or blameworthy by report; infamous: an evil reputation.5. Characterized by anger or spite; malicious: an evil temper.n.1. The quality of being morally bad or wrong; wickedness.2. That which causes harm, misfortune, or destruction: a leader's power to do both good and evil.3. An evil force, power, or personification.4. Something that is a cause or source of suffering, injury, or destruction: the social evils of poverty and injustice.adv. Archaic In an evil manner.
[Middle English, from Old English yfel; see wap- in Indo-European roots.]
e′vil·ly adv.e′vil·ness n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | evilness - the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice; "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world"evilmalevolency, malice, malevolence - the quality of threatening evilmalignance, malignancy, malignity - quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill willbalefulness, maleficence, mischief - the quality or nature of being harmful or evilimmorality - the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct; "the immorality of basing the defense of the West on the threat of mutual assured destruction"worst - the greatest damage or wickedness of which one is capable; "the invaders did their worst"; "so pure of heart that his worst is another man's best"nefariousness, vileness, ugliness, wickedness - the quality of being wickedreprehensibility - being reprehensible; worthy of and deserving reprehension or reproofvillainousness, villainy - the quality of evil by virtue of villainous behaviorperverseness, perversity - deliberately deviating from what is good; "there will always be a few people who, through macho perversity, gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism"wrongdoing, error - departure from what is ethically acceptablevice, frailty - moral weaknessgood, goodness - moral excellence or admirableness; "there is much good to be found in people" |
Translationsevil (ˈiːvl) adjective very bad; wicked; sinful. evil intentions; an evil man; He looks evil; evil deeds; an evil tongue. 邪惡的，惡毒的，罪惡的 邪恶的 noun1. wrong-doing, harm or wickedness. He tries to ignore all the evil in the world; Do not speak evil of anyone. 罪惡，惡意 邪恶，罪恶，弊病 2. anything evil, eg crime, misfortune etc. London in the eighteenth century was a place of crime, filth, poverty and other evils. 不幸，邪惡 不幸，邪恶 evil-evil-minded; evil-smelling. 邪惡的… (前綴) 邪恶的…（前缀） ˈevilly adverb 邪惡地 邪恶地ˈevilness noun 邪惡，罪惡 邪恶，罪恶 ˌevil-ˈdoer noun a wicked or sinful person. 作惡的人，壞人 作恶的人，坏人 EncyclopediaSeeevilevilness
Related to evilness: evildoingSynonyms for evilnessnoun the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practiceSynonymsRelated Words- malevolency
- malice
- malevolence
- malignance
- malignancy
- malignity
- balefulness
- maleficence
- mischief
- immorality
- worst
- nefariousness
- vileness
- ugliness
- wickedness
- reprehensibility
- villainousness
- villainy
- perverseness
- perversity
- wrongdoing
- error
- vice
- frailty
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