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evil Definition

• (a) morally bad or wrong; "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds"
• (n) morally objectionable behavior
• (n) that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune; "the evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones"- Shakespeare
• (n) the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice; "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world"
• (s) having the nature of vice
• (s) tending to cause great harm
• (s) having or exerting a malignant influence; "malevolent stars"; "a malefic force"

evil Synonyms

• depraved
• evil
• evilness
• harmful
• immorality
• iniquity
• injurious
• malefic
• malevolent
• malign
• vicious
• wicked
• wickedness