English dictionary
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English adjective: evil | |||
| 1. | evil morally bad or wrong | ||
| Samples | Evil purposes. An evil influence. Evil deeds. | ||
| Similar | atrocious, bad, black, corruptive, dark, demonic, despicable, devilish, diabolic, diabolic, diabolical, diabolical, evil-minded, fiendish, flagitious, grievous, hellish, infernal, mephistophelean, mephistophelian, monstrous, perversive, pestiferous, satanic, sinister, slimy, ugly, unholy, unworthy, vile, worthless, wretched | ||
| See also | bad, immoral, offensive, unrighteous, wicked, wrong | ||
| Attribute | evil, evilness | ||
| Antonyms | good | ||
| 2. | evil having the nature of vice | ||
| Synonyms | vicious | ||
| Similar | wicked | ||
| Antonyms | virtuous | ||
| 3. | evil having or exerting a malignant influence | ||
| Samples | Malevolent stars. A malefic force. | ||
| Synonyms | malefic, malevolent, malign | ||
| Similar | maleficent | ||
| Antonyms | beneficent | ||
English noun: evil | |||
| 1. | evil (act) morally objectionable behavior | ||
| Synonyms | immorality, iniquity, wickedness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | evildoing, transgression | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | devilry, deviltry, foul play, irreverence, sexual immorality, violation | ||
| 2. | evil (attribute) that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune | ||
| Samples | The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bad, badness | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Four Horsemen | ||
| 3. | evil (attribute) the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice | ||
| Samples | Attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world. | ||
| Synonyms | evilness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | immorality | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | balefulness, error, frailty, maleficence, malevolence, malevolency, malice, malignance, malignancy, malignity, mischief, nefariousness, perverseness, perversity, reprehensibility, ugliness, vice, vileness, villainousness, villainy, wickedness, worst, wrongdoing | ||
| Attribute | evil | ||
| Antonyms | good, goodness | ||
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