eviladjective
uk/ˈiː.vəl/us/ˈiː.vəl/B2 morally bad, cruel, or very unpleasant:
an evil dictator
These people are just evil.
If the weather or a smell is evil, it is very unpleasant.
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- The film was about an evil genius who wanted to control the world.
- She was given a magic charm to ward off evil spirits.
- I don't believe that human beings are innately evil.
- This evil, cold-hearted killer confessed that he often drugged his victims before he killed them.
- In the 'Harry Potter' films, does the evil wizard, Voldemort, ever actually appear?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Morally wrong and evil
- abhorrent
- amoral
- anomie
- arch-villain
- be rotten to the core idiom
- canker
- darkly
- evildoer
- go to the bad idiom
- godless
- hanky-panky
- heinous
- immoral
- impure
- seamy
- seedy
- shocking
- shockingly
- sinful
- wickedness
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Serious and unpleasant
Idiom(s)
the evil eye
evilnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈiː.vəl/us/ˈiː.vəl/B2 something that is very bad and harmful:
Each new leader would blame his predecessor for all the evils of the past.
Drug addiction is one of today's great social evils.
For the sake of long-term peace, the military option is the lesser evil/the lesser of two evils (= the less unpleasant of two bad choices).
the battle between good and evil
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- Poverty and ignorance, the bishop said, were the forces of evil in our society today.
- Frank subscribed firmly to the belief that human kindness would overcome evil.
- She was portrayed in the papers as the embodiment of evil.
- You should never meddle with the powers of evil.
- His new book is a gruesome tale of evil, deceit and murder.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Morally wrong and evil
- abhorrent
- amoral
- anomie
- arch-villain
- be rotten to the core idiom
- canker
- darkly
- evildoer
- go to the bad idiom
- godless
- hanky-panky
- heinous
- immoral
- impure
- seamy
- seedy
- shocking
- shockingly
- sinful
- wickedness
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