The meaning of Evil

adjective

Of poor quality or a low standard.

Usage examples:

A bad diet

adverb

Badly.

Usage examples:

He beat her up real bad

adjective

Unpleasant and causing difficulties

Usage examples:

Our holiday was spoiled by bad weather., we've just had some very bad news., watch out - he's in a …

noun

Poor quality or low standard.

Usage examples:

None of you are doing justice to the badness of this film

noun

The lowest part or edge of something, especially the part on which it rests or is supported.

Usage examples:

She sat down at the base of a tree

verb

Use (something specified) as the foundation or starting point for something.

Usage examples:

The film is based on a novel by pat conroy

adjective

Without moral principles; ignoble.

Usage examples:

The electorate's baser instincts of greed and selfishness

noun

Lack of moral principles; bad character.

Usage examples:

The baseness of human nature

adjective

Having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.

Usage examples:

Unscrupulous logging companies assisted by corrupt officials

verb

Cause to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.

Usage examples:

There is a continuing fear of firms corrupting politicians in the search for contracts

adjective

Dishonest and willing to use your position or power to your own advantage, esp. for money

Usage examples:

It’s been called the most politically corrupt city in the nation., your philosophy is corrupt., pol…

noun

Dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery.

Usage examples:

The journalist who wants to expose corruption in high places

noun

Dishonest or illegal behaviour involving a person in a position of power, for example, accepting money for doing something illegal or immoral

Usage examples:

He was a member of the team looking into allegations of corruption in the local government building…

noun

The state or quality of being degenerate.

Usage examples:

The degeneracy of later roman work

noun

Behaviour that shows very low moral standards

Usage examples:

He wrote about the moral degeneracy that accompanies the accumulation of wealth.

adjective

Having lost the physical, mental, or moral qualities considered normal and desirable; showing evidence of decline.

Usage examples:

A degenerate form of a higher civilization

noun

An immoral or corrupt person.

Usage examples:

Get out of my house, you degenerate!

verb

Decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally.

Usage examples:

The quality of life had degenerated

adjective

Morally corrupt; wicked.

Usage examples:

He was a depraved lecher

verb

Make (someone) immoral or wicked.

Usage examples:

This book would deprave and corrupt young children

adjective

Morally bad or evil

Usage examples:

A depraved character/mind, someone who can kill a child like that must be totally depraved.

noun

Moral corruption; wickedness.

Usage examples:

A tale of depravity hard to credit

noun

The state of being morally bad, or an action that is morally bad

adjective

Bringing shame or disgrace on someone or something.

Usage examples:

His crimes are petty and dishonourable

adjective

A dishonourable action causes embarrassment and a loss of people's respect

Usage examples:

This was a dishonourable attempt to avoid responsibility., they regard killing an unarmed man as di…

adjective

Offensive to the senses, especially through having a disgusting smell or taste or being dirty.

Usage examples:

A foul odour

noun

(in sport) an unfair or invalid stroke or piece of play, especially one involving interference with an opponent.

Usage examples:

The midfielder was booked for a foul on ford

adverb

Contrary to the rules; unfairly.

Usage examples:

That's the real problem: even guys who want to play fair are under pressure from cheaters to play f…

adjective

Not honourable in character or purpose.

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Ignoble feelings of intense jealousy

adjective

Morally bad and making you feel ashamed

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An ignoble action/idea

adjective

Not conforming to accepted standards of morality.

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Unseemly and immoral behaviour

adjective

Not following accepted standards of morally right behavior or thought

Usage examples:

Discrimination on the basis of race is immoral., the immorality of lying

noun

The state or quality of being immoral; wickedness.

Usage examples:

He believed his father had been punished by god for his immorality

adjective

Grossly unfair and morally wrong.

Usage examples:

An iniquitous tax

adjective

Very wrong and unfair

Usage examples:

It is an iniquitous system that allows a person to die because they have no money to pay for medici…

noun

Immoral or grossly unfair behaviour.

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A den of iniquity

noun

A very wrong and unfair action or situation

Usage examples:

They fought long and hard against the iniquities of apartheid., the writer reflects on human injust…

adjective

(typically of an action or activity) wicked or criminal.

Usage examples:

The nefarious activities of the organized-crime syndicates

adjective

(especially of activities) morally bad

Usage examples:

The company's ceo seems to have been involved in some nefarious practices/activities.

noun

The quality of being morally bad

Usage examples:

There is abundant evidence of his own nefariousness., her character's nefariousness reaches an all-…

noun

Distortion or corruption of the original course, meaning, or state of something.

Usage examples:

The thing which most disturbed him was the perversion of language and truth

noun

Sexual behavior that is considered unnatural and morally wrong

Usage examples:

[ c ] what we’re being shown here is not normal family life, it’s a perversion of that.

noun

An immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law.

Usage examples:

A sin in the eyes of god

verb

Commit a sin.

Usage examples:

I sinned and brought shame down on us

abbreviation

Sine.

adjective

Wicked and immoral; committing or characterized by the committing of sins.

Usage examples:

Sinful men

noun

Behaviour that is against the rules of a religion or morally wrong

Usage examples:

He becomes obsessed with his parents' apparent sinfulness., she regrets her life of sinfulness and …

adjective

Giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen.

Usage examples:

There was something sinister about that murmuring voice

adjective

Evil, or suggesting that something evil is going to happen

Usage examples:

She has dark, sinister eyes that make you nervous when she looks at you.

noun

Depraved or wicked behaviour or character.

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Acts of moral turpitude

adjective

Irreligious or immoral.

Usage examples:

Ungodly lives of lust and pleasure

adjective

Extreme or unacceptable

Usage examples:

I had to get up at some ungodly hour in the morning to take her to the airport.

adjective

Sinful; wicked.

Usage examples:

A father killing his son is an act against nature—unholy and loathsome

adjective

Used to describe a combination of things when it is very bad, harmful, or unpleasant

Usage examples:

Religious fanatics have formed an unholy alliance with right wing groups., an unholy mess/row/noise…

noun

Immoral or wicked behaviour.

Usage examples:

An open sewer of vice and crime

preposition

As a substitute for.

Usage examples:

The letter was drafted by david hunt, vice bevin who was ill

noun

A metal tool with movable jaws which are used to hold an object firmly in place while work is done on it, typically attached to a workbench.

Usage examples:

Hold the rail in the vice

adjective

Deliberately cruel or violent.

Usage examples:

A vicious assault

adjective

Able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

adjective

(of an act) intending to hurt badly, or (of a person or animal) likely to be violent

Usage examples:

I don’t believe he is a vicious dog., the few who disagreed became the targets of vicious written a…

adjective

Extremely unpleasant.

Usage examples:

He has a vile temper

adjective

Evil or disgusting

Usage examples:

He responded with the vilest language imaginable., a vile mood/temper

adjective

Unpleasant, immoral, and unacceptable

Usage examples:

This vile policy of ethnic cleansing must be stopped.

noun

The quality of being very unpleasant, and usually immoral and unacceptable

Usage examples:

He is an ambitious man, not evil, but capable of occasional vileness., there is a culture of vilene…

adjective

Relating to, constituting, or guilty of wicked or criminal behaviour.

Usage examples:

A villainous plot

adjective

A villainous person or an action is evil

Usage examples:

A villainous dictator

noun

Wicked or criminal behaviour.

Usage examples:

The villainy of professional racketeers

adjective

Evil or morally wrong.

Usage examples:

A wicked and unscrupulous politician

verb

Absorb or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.

Usage examples:

Garments that wick moisture away from the skin

adjective

Morally wrong and bad

Usage examples:

He was a wicked, ruthless, and dishonest man., she has a wicked sense of humor., the demands of fun…

noun

The quality of being evil or morally wrong.

Usage examples:

The wickedness of the regime

noun

The fact of being morally very wrong or bad

Usage examples:

They would be punished for their wickedness.

adjective

Not correct or true; incorrect.

Usage examples:

That is the wrong answer

adverb

In an unsuitable or undesirable manner or direction.

Usage examples:

What am i doing wrong?

noun

An unjust, dishonest, or immoral act.

Usage examples:

I have done you a great wrong

noun

Illegal or dishonest behaviour.

Usage examples:

Police have denied any wrongdoing

noun

Bad or illegal behavior

Usage examples:

Investigators found no evidence of wrongdoing.

noun

Illegal behaviour

Usage examples:

She denied any criminal wrongdoing.

adjective

(of an act) not fair, just, or legal.

Usage examples:

He is suing the police for wrongful arrest

adjective

Unfair or illegal

Usage examples:

He has suffered terribly, after 15 years of wrongful imprisonment.

adjective

Used to describe actions that are unfair or illegal

Usage examples:

Wrongful arrest/conviction/imprisonment his lawyer is negotiating compensation for his wrongful con…