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evil
('/i/v/@/l )

adjective (a)

  • morally bad or wrong(adj.all)
    Example:
    Evil purposes.
    An evil influence.
    Evil deeds.
    Antonym:
    good
    source: wordnet30
  • Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious; poor; as, an evil beast; and evil plant; an evil crop.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • morally objectionable behavior(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    immorality, iniquity, wickedness
    source: wordnet30
  • that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune(noun.attribute)
    Example:
    The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.
    source: wordnet30
  • the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice(noun.attribute)
    Example:
    Attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world.
    Synonym:
    evilness
    Antonym:
    good, goodness
    source: wordnet30
  • Anything which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; anything which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; injury; mischief; harm; -- opposed to good.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adverb (r)

  • In an evil manner; not well; ill; badly; unhappily; injuriously; unkindly.(adverb)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • having the nature of vice(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    vicious
    source: wordnet30
  • having or exerting a malignant influence(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    malefic, malevolent, malign
    source: wordnet30
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