Synonyms for wicked
ˈwɪk ɪdwicked

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1. wicked

   Every criminal act is illegal or unlawful, but illegal or unlawful acts may not be criminal. Offenses against public law are criminal; offenses against private rights are merely illegal or unlawful. As a general rule, all acts punishable by fine or imprisonment or both, are criminal in view of the law. It is illegal for a man to trespass on another's land, but it is not criminal; the trespasser is liable to a civil suit for damages, but not to indictment, fine, or imprisonment. A felonious act is a criminal act of an aggravated kind, which is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary or by death. A flagitious crime is one that brings public odium. Vicious refers to the indulgence of evil appetites, habits, or passions; vicious acts are not necessarily criminal, or even illegal; we speak of a vicious horse. That which is iniquitous, i. e., contrary to equity, may sometimes be done under the forms of law. Ingratitude is sinful, hypocrisy is wicked, but neither is punishable by human law; hence, neither is criminal or illegal. Compare SIN.

   Synonyms:
   abominable, criminal, culpable, felonious, flagitious, guilty, illegal, immoral, iniquitous, nefarious, sinful, unlawful, vicious, vile, wrong

   Antonyms:
   innocent, just, lawful, legal, meritorious, moral, right, virtuous

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1. wicked

   Synonyms:
   evil, bad, godless, sinful, immoral, iniquitous, criminal, unjust, unrighteous, irreligious, profane, ungodly, vicious, atrocious, black, dark, foul, unhallowed, nefarious, naughty, heinous, flagitious, abandoned, corrupt

   Antonyms:
   good, virtuous, just, godly, moral, religious, upright, honest, pure, honorable, incorrupt, sinless, spotless, immaculate, stainless

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1. wickedadjective

   morally bad in principle or practice

   Synonyms:
   severe, puckish, implike, repelling, terrible, loathsome, repellent, impish, yucky, arch, prankish, revolting, distasteful, mischievous, disgustful, unholy, loathly, foul, disgusting, sinful, skanky, repellant, pixilated

   Antonyms:
   impeccable, sober, mild, impeccant, sinless, innocent, unplayful, virtuous, righteous, serious, inoffensive

2. sinful, unholy, wickedadjective

   having committed unrighteous acts

   "a sinful person"

   Synonyms:
   satanic, diabolic, revolting, foul, implike, repellent, arch, unhallowed, distasteful, demonic, iniquitous, diabolical, severe, sinful, pixilated, fiendish, loathly, disgusting, skanky, repelling, infernal, loathsome, prankish, extraordinary, yucky, unholy, ungodly, terrible, impish, hellish, mischievous, puckish, disgustful, over-the-top, repellant

   Antonyms:
   righteous, inoffensive, unplayful, innocent, impeccant, sober, impeccable, virtuous, serious, sinless, mild

3. severe, terrible, wickedadjective

   intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality

   "severe pain"; "a severe case of flu"; "a terrible cough"; "under wicked fire from the enemy's guns"; "a wicked cough"

   Synonyms:
   life-threatening, dreadful, distasteful, revolting, pixilated, repellant, foul, implike, repellent, mischievous, arch, austere, serious, awful, puckish, frightful, horrendous, severe, sinful, tremendous, disgustful, dire, loathly, stern, grievous, skanky, repelling, atrocious, painful, prankish, impish, grave, dangerous, yucky, unholy, dread(a), hard, unspeakable, horrific, terrible, dreaded, abominable, frightening, fearsome, fearful, loathsome, direful, stark, disgusting, spartan, knockout

   Antonyms:
   serious, sinless, impeccable, inoffensive, righteous, mild, impeccant, virtuous, innocent, sober, unplayful

4. arch, impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish, wickedadjective

   naughtily or annoyingly playful

   "teasing and worrying with impish laughter"; "a wicked prank"

   Synonyms:
   condescending, arch(a), revolting, pissed, blind drunk, implike, repellent, arch, besotted, patronising, distasteful, slopped, puckish, blotto, severe, sinful, pixilated, disgustful, cockeyed, loathly, crocked, disgusting, patronizing, repelling, fuddled, tight, soused, loathsome, foul, prankish, yucky, sozzled, squiffy, unholy, plastered, terrible, impish, stiff, skanky, pie-eyed, mischievous, sloshed, smashed, soaked, loaded, wet, repellant

   Antonyms:
   unplayful, impeccable, sinless, sober, virtuous, serious, righteous, innocent, mild, impeccant, inoffensive

5. disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yuckyadjective

   highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

   "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"

   Synonyms:
   filthy, noisome, fetid, nauseous, revolting, nauseating, marked-up, foul, implike, repellent, mischievous, arch, sickening, dirty, unsavoury, distasteful, offensive, cruddy, rebarbative, ill-scented, foetid, vile, severe, sinful, pixilated, disgustful, stinking, resistant, disgusting, afoul(ip), smelly, cheating(a), foul-smelling, loathsome, prankish, yucky, unsportsmanlike, unholy, skanky, nasty, unsporting, terrible, impish, funky, smutty, repelling, loathly, unsavory, fouled, puckish, queasy, repellant

   Antonyms:
   sinless, impeccable, serious, sober, impeccant, mild, righteous, unplayful, innocent, inoffensive, virtuous

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1. very, a lot, extra, more, amount of

   in new england, massachusetts specifically boston the term “wicked” is used very very often in explaining an amount

   “have you ever seen a kevin hart skit? he’s wicked funny.” “hey, can you stop at the next rest stop? i have to pee wicked bad.”

   Submitted by Daniellebetts95 on October 22, 2019  

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1. wickedadjective

   Synonyms:
   sinful, vicious, depraved, unprincipled, immoral, impious, irreligious, unrighteous, ungodly, godless, profane, irreverent, worthless, graceless, vile, abandoned, corrupt, knavish, dishonest, roguish, trickish, TRICKY, good for nothing

2. wickedadjective

   Synonyms:
   bad, evil, unjust, ill, atrocious, iniquitous, heinous, flagitious, nefarious, criminal, outrageous, monstrous, villanous

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1. wickedadjective

   Synonyms:
   sinful, iniquitous, evil, immoral, depraved, vicious, pernicious, abandoned, unrighteous, heinous, flagitious

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1. List of paraphrases for "wicked":

   evil, naughty, perverse, nasty, bad, hyper, malicious, thug, vicious

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1. Martin Luther King, Jr.:

   We shall have to repent in this generation , not so much for the evil deeds of the wicked people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.

2. Alan Gayle:

   There are some wicked winds swirling around from a macro perspective and you can't afford to be complacent.

3. Alexandre Dumas:

   I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.

4. Josh Billings:

   The fools in this world make about as much trouble as the wicked do.

5. Lao Tzu:

   The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'