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Evil

/ˈivəl/

Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.

📖 Definitions of "Evil"

noun
  1. 1

    Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.

    "Evil lacks spirituality, hence its need for mind control."

  2. 2

    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.

  3. 3

    A malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil (scrofula).

adjective
  1. 1

    Intending to harm; malevolent.

    "an evil plot to brainwash and even kill innocent people"

  2. 2

    Morally corrupt.

    "Do you think that companies that engage in animal testing are evil?"

  3. 3

    Unpleasant, foul (of odour, taste, mood, weather, etc.).

  4. 4

    Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous.

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