Evil synonyms
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Severe and distressing:
(--- Baseball) Outside the foul lines:
Malevolent is defined as someone or something that is harmful or evil.
Highly offensive; sickening, abominable
(Obs.) Changed from a sound condition to an unsound one; spoiled; contaminated; rotten
The property of being heinous.
Of, characteristic of, or like Satan; devilish; infernal; diabolic
The quality of being very harmful or dangerous; malignancy
sinfulness
(Uncountable) The property of being sinful.
The state or characteristic of being nefarious.
Something regarded as being shameful, deplorable, or utterly wrong.
The state of being wicked; evil disposition; immorality.
Contrary to established moral principles.
The definition of heinous is very evil or horrible.
The state of being degenerate (in all senses)
Indulgence in sensual pleasures; scandalous activities involving sex, alcohol, or drugs without inhibition.
the devil within one
The quality of being evil
(Obs.) Roguishness; mischievous quality
The quality or state of being malevolent; malice; spitefulness; ill will
Tending or likely to cause destruction
Concerning or involving calamity, disastrous.
Something corrupted, as an improperly altered word or text
The characteristic of being vicious
A relaxed state regarding principles or accuracy.
Unlawful activity:
The fact or state of being villainous
virtue (antonym)
An example or kind of moral excellence:
Not right or fair; unjust.
Accompanied by or causing distress or disaster; calamitous.
The definition of a vice is a weakness in morality or bad habit.
The quality or state of being perverse.
(Uncountable) Extreme wickedness, nefariousness. [from 15th c.]
The definition of criminality is the state of being illegal.
(Uncountable, Christian theology) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.
The quality of being infamous; great wickedness
(Uncountable) The state or characteristic of being wanton; recklessness, especially as represented in lascivious or other excessive behavior.
Baseness; vileness; depravity
machinations of the Devil
A harmful or malicious action
That which is morally bad or objectionable
Deviation from what is right; wickedness, gross injustice.
A lack of piety
A literary movement especially of late 19th-century France and England characterized by refined aestheticism, artifice, and the quest for new sensations.
The property of being licentious.
diabolism
Possession by the devil.
goodness (antonym)
The best part, essence, or valuable element of a thing
In a bad mood; irritable or cranky.
help (related)
(--- Archaic) A person employed to help, especially a farm worker or domestic servant.
A cause of harm, ruin, or death:
That which is morally bad or objectionable
That which is morally bad or objectionable
Indecent behavior offensive to observers.
ominous (related)
The definition of ominous is something that suggests bad things will happen soon.
pernicious.bad
Deserving of contempt or scorn; vile.
A mean act; as, to be guilty of a meanness.
That which is unjust, immoral, or improper:
Looseness of morals; wantonness, licentiousness.
An appeal or prayer for evil or misfortune to befall someone or something.
imprecatory
That imprecates
Harmful or malicious in intent or effect.
belial
(Bible, proper --- person) Wickedness as an evil force: Deut. 13:13
Rejected by God and without hope of salvation.
Lack of refinement in character, behaviour etc.; coarseness.
(Geology) A general lowering of the earth's surface by erosion or weathering.
worm in the apple
The quality of being evil
(Countable) Careless wastefulness.
fiendishness
The quality of being fiendish.
Something that causes suffering; trouble:
Moral wrong; evil
A cause or source of harm, damage, or annoyance
The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.
Inappropriate, unethical, or unlawful conduct, especially to disadvantage an opponent.
good (antonym)
(Slang) Incriminating information or evidence:
harmful (related)
Causing or able to cause harm; hurtful
anathematic
Having the characteristic of anathema
Lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous.
Harmful to the mind or morals; corrupting:
Infectious or epidemic:
Extremely violent or injurious; cruel:
The definition of bad is something that is wrong in some way, something that is not working properly, or has negative qualities.
The definition of nasty is something that is very dirty, unpleasant or offensive.
(Zool.) Having a poison gland or glands and able to inflict a poisonous wound by biting or stinging
(Uncountable) Violation of standards of behavior.
A particular form of hurt, damage, or loss:
An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]
Anything causing pain or distress; calamity
The excommunication often accompanying or following this condemnation
A person, thing, or circumstance that causes or ought to cause disgrace or outrage:
That which is morally bad or objectionable
Causing pain or suffering, especially of a psychological nature.
right (related)
All or part of the right side
Malicious or harmful.
An undesirable event such as an accident
The definition of a calamity is an event that brings loss or a disaster.
An occurrence causing widespread destruction and distress; a catastrophe.
Something that causes persistent hardship, trouble, or annoyance:
Infamous; scandalous:
Showing iniquity; wicked; unjust
The definition of malicious is showing spite or intentionally wanting to cause harm to someone.
A base is one of the squares to which a baseball player must run after the player, or a teammate, hits the ball.
An ulcerlike sore, esp. in the mouth: thought to be an immune reaction
That which is morally bad or objectionable
(Slang) Hard to cope with; difficult or troublesome:
A means of inflicting severe suffering, vengeance, or punishment.
A curse; a malediction.
luck (related)
Bringing, predicting, or characterized by misfortune
attitude (related)
Characterized by intense ill will or spite
Something that pollutes; a pollutant or a group of pollutants:
A great, often sudden calamity.
The definition of a blow is a hard hit or upsetting news, or receiving upsetting information.
The definition of an outrage is an act of violence or an insult.
Appalling or atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness.
A harmful or malicious action
Full of guile; deceitfully or treacherously cunning.
Having a bad reputation, disreputable; of bad report; notoriously vile; detestable; widely known, especially for something bad
maliciously
A person supposedly possessed by a demon
That which is morally bad or objectionable
An evil omen; a portent.
That which is morally bad or objectionable
Violation of another's rights or of what is right; lack of justice.
malefaction
Wrongdoing; crime
Harmful or malicious nature or quality.
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.
malum
An evil or wrongdoing.
Offensive is an organized campaign or plan of action, normally created by the military or created to achieve some specific political aim or goal.
perniciousness
The condition of being pernicious; destructiveness
Reverse is defined as the opposite or the opposing side of something.
The state of being unrighteous.
That which is morally bad or objectionable
(Rare) To invoke (evil) upon (someone); curse
decent (antonym)
Fairly good; acceptable; satisfactory:
moral (antonym)
Based on strong likelihood or firm conviction, rather than on the actual evidence:
sinless (antonym)
Without sin; innocent
auspicious (antonym)
Presenting favorable circumstances or showing signs of a favorable outcome; propitious:
upright (antonym)
Honest and just; honorable
honest (antonym)
Sincere; frank:
morality (antonym)
Morality is the standard of society used to decide what is right or wrong behavior.
Being of the color black, producing or reflecting comparatively little light and having no predominant hue.
Sinful; sinning
Having a harmful effect; injurious:
Causing damage or harm; injurious.
Injuring or likely to cause injury; harmful
Inclined to annoy or vex with playful tricks; naughty
Not auspicious; ill-omened; unfortunate; unlucky; unfavorable.
Having or showing opposition; adverse:
Full of despite.
Filled with, prompted by, or showing spite; malicious.
An act of mischief, cruelty, or witchcraft.
Representation of devils or demons, as in paintings or fiction.
Containing organisms that cause contagious diseases
Evilly cunning or subtle; treacherous
crying-shame
(Idiomatic) A situation that is considered to be a disgrace, or deplorable.
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