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Meaning
Adj
●
Intending to
harm
; malevolent.
●
Morally corrupt.
●
Unpleasant,
foul
(of
odour
,
taste
,
mood
,
weather
, etc.).
●
Producing or
threatening
sorrow
,
distress
,
injury
, or
calamity
;
unpropitious
; calamitous.
●
Having
harmful
qualities
; not good;
worthless
or deleterious.
●
In Computing & Programming:
Undesirable;
harmful
;
bad
practice.
Noun
●
Moral
badness
;
wickedness
;
malevolence
; the
forces
or
behaviors
that are the
opposite
or
enemy
of good.
●
Something which
impairs
the
happiness
of a being or
deprives
a being of any good; something which
causes
suffering
of any kind to
sentient
beings
;
harm
;
injury
; mischief.
●
A
malady
or
disease
; especially in
combination
,
as in
king's
evil
,
colt
evil
.
Adv
●
wickedly,
evilly
, iniquitously
●
injuriously,
harmfully
; in a
damaging
way.
●
badly,
poorly
; in an
insufficient
way.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
evil
English
yfel
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Abandoned
Arrant
Bad
Baleful
Baneful
Base
Dark
Deleterious
Depraved
Despicable
Detrimental
Devilish
Diabolical
Evil
Harmful
Ill-Intentioned
Ill-Natured
Immoral
Incorrigible
Iniquitous
Injurious
Knavish
Malefic
Malevolent
Malicious
Malign
Malignant
Nefarious
Niddering
Nidering
Niding
Nithing
No-Good
Pernicious
Reprehensible
Reprobate
Satanic
Scathful
Sinful
Sinister
Ungodly
Unholy
Vicious
Vile
Villainous
Wicked
Wrong
Wickedness
Corruption
Mischief
Villainy
Maleficent
Demonic
Diabolic
Iniquity
Bad Apple
Bad Seed
More
Antonyms
Good
Angelic
Benign
Good-Minded
Just
Moral
Righteous
Well-Intentioned
Positive
Related
Cruel
Amoral
Corrupt
Sin
Heartless
Innocent
Selfish
Hateful
Cruelty
Unjust
Satan
Hatred
Inhuman
Injustice
God
Greedy
Tragedy
Greed
Good
Suffering
Violence
Violent
Barbaric
Insane
Crime
Irrational
Death
Enemy
Horrible
Darkness
Sadistic
Misery
Demons
Racist
Oppression
Demon
Guilt
Sins
Ugly
Tyranny
Monster
Ruthless
Morality
Supernatural
Selfishness
Racism
Oppressive
Altruistic
More
Rhymes
Evil
Weevil
Longeval
Nominatival
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