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