evil

Phonetic

US /ˈiːvl/UK /ˈiːvl/

Translations

ADJIntending 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., Undesirable; harmful; bad practice.

NOUNMoral 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.

ADVwickedly, evilly, iniquitously, injuriously, harmfully; in a damaging way., badly, poorly; in an insufficient way.

Variants

eviller: Comparative
eviler: Comparative
evillest: Superlative
evilest: Superlative
evils: Plural

Examples

"All those pardons he gave to some very bad, unpatriotic/ˌʌnˌpætriˈɒtɪk/ and evil people, it looks to me like those pardons are worthless."
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bent on subjugating its people, they are just government that isn’t good or evil, it’s just working to make sure the people are fed, educated and safe in their own ways
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The Banality/bəˈnæləti/ of Evil, Again
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In these movies, the characters aren’t so much evil as bullied, belittled/bɪˈlɪtld/ and misunderstood.
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My heart breaks again and again at all the atrocities both evil regimes have committed and yet they still paint themselves to be saviours, what a backwards and evil world we live in
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