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Synonyms for evil
ˈi vəlevil
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Wiktionary
English Synonyms and Antonyms
evil
Abomination (from the Latin ab omen, a thing of ill omen) was originally applied to anything held in religious or ceremonial aversion or abhorrence; as, "The things which are highly esteemed among men are abomination in the sight of God." Luke xvi, 15. The word is oftener applied to the object of such aversion or abhorrence than to the state of mind that so regards it; in common use abomination signifies something very much disliked or loathed, or that deserves to be. Choice food may be an object of aversion and disgust to a sick person; vile food would be an abomination. A toad is to many an object of disgust; a foul sewer is an abomination. As applied to crimes, abomination is used of such as are especially brutal, shameful, or revolting; theft is an offense; infanticide is an abomination.
Synonyms:
abhorrence, abomination, abuse, annoyance, aversion, crime, curse, detestation, disgust, execration, hatred, horror, iniquity, nuisance, offense, plague, shame, villainy, wickednessAntonyms:
affection, appreciation, approval, benefit, blessing, delight, desire, enjoyment, esteem, esteem, gratification, joy, satisfaction, treat
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
evil
Synonyms:
ill, noxious, deleterious, wrong, bad, mischievous, hurtful, sinful, unhappy, adverse, unpropitious, wicked, corrupt, harmful, unfair, notorious, miserable, sorrowfulAntonyms:
wholesome, beneficial, right, virtuous, holy, pure, happy, fortunate, felicitous, joyous, welcome, grateful, good
Princeton's WordNet
evil, immorality, wickedness, iniquitynoun
morally objectionable behavior
Synonyms:
immorality, shabbiness, sinfulness, sin, ugliness, evilness, iniquity, dark, unfairness, wickedness, darkness, sliminess, repulsiveness, lousiness, nefariousness, loathsomeness, vileness, injusticeAntonyms:
good, goodness, angelical, virtuous, saintly, beatific, saving(a), angelic, redeeming(a), redemptive, sainted, white, beneficent, goody-goody, saintlikeevilnoun
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
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wickedness, iniquity, immorality, evilnessAntonyms:
goodness, good, white, goody-goody, virtuous, saintly, beatific, saving(a), saintlike, beneficent, redemptive, redeeming(a), sainted, angelical, angelicevil, evilnessadjective
the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
"attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world"
Synonyms:
wickedness, iniquity, immorality, evilnessAntonyms:
goodness, good, angelical, sainted, angelic, white, redeeming(a), saintly, beatific, redemptive, saintlike, virtuous, saving(a), beneficent, goody-goodyeviladjective
morally bad or wrong
"evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds"
Synonyms:
malevolent, vicious, malefic, malignAntonyms:
goodness, good, redeeming(a), beneficent, virtuous, redemptive, goody-goody, beatific, sainted, white, saving(a), saintlike, angelic, saintly, angelicalevil, viciousadjective
having the nature of vice
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malefic, savage, deplorable, reprehensible, fell, venomous, criminal, condemnable, roughshod, malign, malevolent, cruel, barbarous, vicious, poisonous, brutalAntonyms:
good, goodness, goody-goody, saving(a), white, saintlike, redeeming(a), virtuous, beneficent, angelic, saintly, redemptive, sainted, beatific, angelicalmalefic, malevolent, malign, eviladjective
having or exerting a malignant influence
"malevolent stars"; "a malefic force"
Synonyms:
malefic, malevolent, malign, viciousAntonyms:
good, goodness, white, sainted, angelic, angelical, beneficent, redemptive, saintly, saving(a), virtuous, goody-goody, beatific, redeeming(a), saintlike
Editors Contribution
ondskannoun
devil or demonio
Submitted by gaurashankar8484 on December 10, 2023
Dictionary of English Synonymes
eviladjective
eviladjective
eviladjective
Synonyms:
mischievous, hurtful, harmful, noxious, deleteriouseviladjective
Synonyms:
unhappy, unfortunate, calamitous, adverse, unpropitiousevilnoun
Synonyms:
calamity, misfortune, disaster, reverseevilnoun
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wickedness, sin, depravity, malignity, wicked dispositionevilnoun
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
eviladjective
Synonyms:
sinful, immoral, sinister, unrighteous, vicious, pernicious, badevilnoun
Synonyms:
wickedness, depravity, sin, iniquity, perniciousness, belial, unrighteousness, disaster, misfortune, calamity, reverse, injustice, damage, injury, wrong, mischief
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "evil":
bad, scourge, diabolical, maleficent, wicked, evil-doing, wrong, poorly, vicious, nefarious, perverse, demon, badly, sinister, malicious, malignant, hurt, devil, devilish, onda, harm, viciousness, wickedness, demonic, draconian, diabolic, heinous, vile, mal, malign, malevolent, sin, ill, pernicious
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How to use evil in a sentence?
Since morning till this time, SBI securities trading platform kept on showing its pages responsive while the share prices kept on tumbling down today. This is done with evil design by this brokerage firm to let its clients to lose money in stock market
Boredom is the root of all evil--the despairing refusal to be oneself.
Ovid:
All things may corrupt when minds are prone to evil.
accurate scholarship can unearth the whole offence from luther untill noe that has driven a culture mad. from what occured at linz what huge imago made a psychopathic god. I and the public know what all schoolchildren learn those to whom evil is done do evil in return.
The hope is that the hierarchy will be held accountable and the conduct will be conveyed to the public, they keep talking about apologies and evil and mistakes and sins. But what were really talking about are crimes that were made by more than just bad apples.
Translations for evil
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- شرير, شرArabic
- злы, злоBelarusian
- зло, зъл, лошBulgarian
- malvat, malCatalan, Valencian
- zlo, zlýCzech
- зълъOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- drygioniWelsh
- slem, skadelig, ond, slet, ondskab, dårlig, umoralskDanish
- übel, Böse, bGerman
- κακός, κακό, φαύλοςGreek
- malbona, malbonoEsperanto
- mal, malvado, malévolo, perverso, malo, maléficoSpanish
- pahaEstonian
- gaiztoBasque
- شرورانه, شر, فژه, بدی, شرور, پلید, فژ, بدکارPersian
- paha, pahuusFinnish
- óndur, óreinurFaroese
- mauvais, maléfique, malFrench
- kweaWestern Frisian
- olcIrish
- urchaid, aingidheachd, truaighe, olcScottish Gaelic
- מרושע, רעHebrew
- बुरा, पापी, दुष्टHindi
- move, mechan, malHaitian Creole
- gonoszHungarian
- չար, չարություն, չարիքArmenian
- malefic, malInterlingua
- jahatIndonesian
- illt, illur, vondur, ill, slæmurIcelandic
- cattivo, malvagio, malevolenza, malefico, corrotto, maligno, male, perverso, malevolo, malignità, il maleItalian
- רשעHebrew
- 邪悪, 悪, 悪のJapanese
- ბოროტიGeorgian
- қастықKazakh
- ដែលខូចសីលធម, អាក្រក់, ដែលព្យាបាទKhmer
- ಕೆಟ್ಟ, ದುಷ್ಠKannada
- 악Korean
- malus, malumLatin
- kwaod, euvelLimburgish, Limburgan, Limburger
- piktas, blogasLithuanian
- ļaunums, ļaunsLatvian
- kinoMāori
- зло, зол, лошMacedonian
- jahatMalay
- euvel, kwaad, kwaadaardig, boosaardig, slechte, kwade, slecht, onheilDutch
- ondskap, slem, ondNorwegian
- doo yáʼáshǫ́ǫ daNavajo, Navaho
- malOccitan
- maji-Ojibwe, Ojibwa
- zło, złyPolish
- maléfica, malvado, mau, mal, má, ruim, maléficoPortuguese
- depravat, hain, rău, răutate, câinos, decăzut, desfrânat, răutăciosRomanian
- зло, худо, порочный, лихо, злойRussian
- mali, mai, male, mabiSardinian
- zao, зло, покварен, pokvaren, зао, zloSerbo-Croatian
- zlo, zlýSlovak
- zlò, hudôben, zèlSlovene
- ondska, elak, ondSwedish
- தீயTamil
- దెయ్యం, దుష్టTelugu
- ชั่วร้ายThai
- şeytani, kötülük, kötücülTurkish
- злий, лихо, злоUkrainian
- برائیUrdu
- ác, tà ácVietnamese
- badik, badVolapük
- בייזYiddish
- 邪惡Chinese
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