Evil synonyms

diabolical

Extremely wicked or cruel.

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sinister

Evil or seemingly evil; indicating lurking danger or harm.

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wicked

Severe and distressing:

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foul

(--- Baseball) Outside the foul lines:

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malevolent

Malevolent is defined as someone or something that is harmful or evil.

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loathsome

Highly offensive; sickening, abominable

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corrupt

(Obs.) Changed from a sound condition to an unsound one; spoiled; contaminated; rotten

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heinousness

The property of being heinous.

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malignity

The quality of being very harmful or dangerous; malignancy

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satanic

Of, characteristic of, or like Satan; devilish; infernal; diabolic

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sinful

Of or relating to sin; sinny.

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nefariousness

The state or characteristic of being nefarious.

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sinfulness

(Uncountable) The property of being sinful.

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sin

Something regarded as being shameful, deplorable, or utterly wrong.

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monstrous

Hideous or frightful

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atrocious

Frightful, evil, cruel or monstrous.

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immorality

(Uncountable) The state or quality of being immoral; vice.

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immoral

Contrary to established moral principles.

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destructive

Tending or likely to cause destruction

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corruption

Something corrupted, as an improperly altered word or text

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the devil within one

The quality of being evil

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repugnant

Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion.

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wickedness

The state of being wicked; evil disposition; immorality.

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knavery

(Obs.) Roguishness; mischievous quality

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malevolence

The quality or state of being malevolent; malice; spitefulness; ill will

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debauchery

Indulgence in sensual pleasures; scandalous activities involving sex, alcohol, or drugs without inhibition.

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heinous

The definition of heinous is very evil or horrible.

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degeneracy

The state of being degenerate (in all senses)

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virtue (antonym)

An example or kind of moral excellence:

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malignant

Harmful, malevolent, injurious.

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calamitous

Concerning or involving calamity, disastrous.

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viciousness

The characteristic of being vicious

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crime

Unlawful activity:

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looseness

A relaxed state regarding principles or accuracy.

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disastrous

Accompanied by or causing distress or disaster; calamitous.

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badness

The quality of being bad.

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villainy

The fact or state of being villainous

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unrighteous

Not right or fair; unjust.

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iniquity

Deviation from what is right; wickedness, gross injustice.

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baseness

The quality or condition of being base.

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criminality

The definition of criminality is the state of being illegal.

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depravity

(Uncountable, Christian theology) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.

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vice

The definition of a vice is a weakness in morality or bad habit.

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perversity

The quality or state of being perverse.

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wantonness

(Uncountable) The state or characteristic of being wanton; recklessness, especially as represented in lascivious or other excessive behavior.

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turpitude

Baseness; vileness; depravity

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devilry

Mischief.

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demoniacal

Pertaining to, characteristic of, or produced by a demon or evil spirit; devilish or fiendish.

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malicious

The definition of malicious is showing spite or intentionally wanting to cause harm to someone.

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nefarious

That which is morally bad or objectionable

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evilness

The quality or state of being evil.

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enormity

(Uncountable) Extreme wickedness, nefariousness. [from 15th c.]

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lewdness

Indecent behavior offensive to observers.

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licentiousness

The property of being licentious.

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goodness (antonym)

The best part, essence, or valuable element of a thing

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vileness

The state of being vile

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infamy

The quality of being infamous; great wickedness

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wrong

That which is unjust, immoral, or improper:

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help (related)

(--- Archaic) A person employed to help, especially a farm worker or domestic servant.

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bitchy

In a bad mood; irritable or cranky.

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curse

An appeal or prayer for evil or misfortune to befall someone or something.

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machinations of the Devil

A harmful or malicious action

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damage

Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.

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vile

That which is morally bad or objectionable

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evildoing

An evil or wicked act or behaviour, especially such a crime.

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impiety

A lack of piety

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decadence

A literary movement especially of late 19th-century France and England characterized by refined aestheticism, artifice, and the quest for new sensations.

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darkness

(Countable) The product of being dark.

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contamination

The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.

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diabolism

Possession by the devil.

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anathema

The excommunication often accompanying or following this condemnation

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bane

A cause of harm, ruin, or death:

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pernicious

That which is morally bad or objectionable

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anathematize

To cause to be, or to declare as, an anathema or evil.

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fiendishness

The quality of being fiendish.

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harm

Moral wrong; evil

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good (antonym)

(Slang) Incriminating information or evidence:

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harmful (related)

Causing or able to cause harm; hurtful

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ominous (related)

The definition of ominous is something that suggests bad things will happen soon.

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anathematic

Having the characteristic of anathema

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depraved

Describing a person or action that is perverted or extremely wrong in a moral sense.

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pernicious.bad

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vicious

Extremely violent or injurious; cruel:

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abomination

An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]

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bad

The definition of bad is something that is wrong in some way, something that is not working properly, or has negative qualities.

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nasty

The definition of nasty is something that is very dirty, unpleasant or offensive.

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dissoluteness

Looseness of morals; wantonness, licentiousness.

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injury

A particular form of hurt, damage, or loss:

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affliction

Anything causing pain or distress; calamity

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despicable

Deserving of contempt or scorn; vile.

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scandal

A person, thing, or circumstance that causes or ought to cause disgrace or outrage:

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iniquitous

Showing iniquity; wicked; unjust

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reprobate

Rejected by God and without hope of salvation.

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mean

(Slang) Hard to cope with; difficult or troublesome:

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offense

Any violation of the law for which the judicial code demands there be a penalty, including misdemeanors and felonies. See also crime.

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right (related)

All or part of the right side

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calamity

The definition of a calamity is an event that brings loss or a disaster.

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disaster

An occurrence causing widespread destruction and distress; a catastrophe.

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base

A base is one of the squares to which a baseball player must run after the player, or a teammate, hits the ball.

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luck (related)

Bringing, predicting, or characterized by misfortune

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attitude (related)

Characterized by intense ill will or spite

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grossness

Lack of refinement in character, behaviour etc.; coarseness.

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degradation

(Geology) A general lowering of the earth's surface by erosion or weathering.

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worm in the apple

The quality of being evil

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profligacy

(Countable) Careless wastefulness.

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ill

Something that causes suffering; trouble:

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mischief

A cause or source of harm, damage, or annoyance

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pollution

Something that pollutes; a pollutant or a group of pollutants:

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blow

The definition of a blow is a hard hit or upsetting news, or receiving upsetting information.

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atrocity

Appalling or atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness.

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foul-play

Inappropriate, unethical, or unlawful conduct, especially to disadvantage an opponent.

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infamous

Having a bad reputation, disreputable; of bad report; notoriously vile; detestable; widely known, especially for something bad

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maleficent

Harmful or malicious in intent or effect.

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miscreant

Lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous.

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pestilent

Infectious or epidemic:

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belial

(Bible, proper --- person) Wickedness as an evil force: Deut. 13:13

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injustice

Violation of another's rights or of what is right; lack of justice.

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reverse

Reverse is defined as the opposite or the opposing side of something.

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decent (antonym)

Fairly good; acceptable; satisfactory:

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moral (antonym)

Based on strong likelihood or firm conviction, rather than on the actual evidence:

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auspicious (antonym)

Presenting favorable circumstances or showing signs of a favorable outcome; propitious:

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honest (antonym)

Sincere; frank:

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mischievous

Inclined to annoy or vex with playful tricks; naughty

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hurtful

That which is morally bad or objectionable

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the-evil (related)

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tyranny (related)

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demonic (related)

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black

The definition of black is covered in darkness or having no light.

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venomous

(Zool.) Having a poison gland or glands and able to inflict a poisonous wound by biting or stinging

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misdeed

That which was done that should not have been, ranging from any sin or moral offense to various degrees of crime.

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meanness

A mean act; as, to be guilty of a meanness.

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wrongdoing

(Uncountable) Violation of standards of behavior.

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foulness

An island off the east coast of Essex where the Thames estuary joins the North Sea.

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obscenity

(Uncountable) The qualities that make something obscene; lewdness, indecency, or offensive behaviour.

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offensive

Offensive is an organized campaign or plan of action, normally created by the military or created to achieve some specific political aim or goal.

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infidel (related)

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oppressor (related)

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righteous (related)

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misfortune

An undesirable event such as an accident

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plague

Something that causes persistent hardship, trouble, or annoyance:

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baleful

(Archaic) Sorrowful; wretched

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flagitious

Infamous; scandalous:

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malign

Showing ill will; malicious

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canker

An ulcerlike sore, esp. in the mouth: thought to be an immune reaction

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damnable

That which is morally bad or objectionable

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malefic

That which is morally bad or objectionable

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peccancy

(Rare) Faultiness, a state of being flawed.

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scourge

A means of inflicting severe suffering, vengeance, or punishment.

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woe

A curse; a malediction.

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satan (related)

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tyrant (related)

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the wicked (related)

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evildoer (related)

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idolatry (related)

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mortal (related)

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catastrophe

A great, often sudden calamity.

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outrage

The definition of an outrage is an act of violence or an insult.

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ill wind

A harmful or malicious action

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guileful

Full of guile; deceitfully or treacherously cunning.

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imprecatory

That imprecates

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maliciously

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demoniac

A person supposedly possessed by a demon

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devilish

That which is morally bad or objectionable

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foreboding

An evil omen; a portent.

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hideous

That which is morally bad or objectionable

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imprecation

The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon someone; a prayer that a curse or calamity may befall someone.

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malefaction

Wrongdoing; crime

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maleficence

Harmful or malicious nature or quality.

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malice aforethought

The premeditated and deliberate commission of a criminal act with knowledge of its harmfulness or reckless indifference to its harmfulness and without justification or excuse.

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malum

An evil or wrongdoing.

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perniciousness

The condition of being pernicious; destructiveness

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unrighteousness

The state of being unrighteous.