Synonyms for wickedness
ˈwɪk ɪd nɪswicked·ness

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1. wickedness

   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, evil, execration, hatred, horror, iniquity, nuisance, offense, plague, shame, villainy

   Antonyms:
   affection, appreciation, approval, benefit, blessing, delight, desire, enjoyment, esteem, esteem, gratification, joy, satisfaction, treat

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1. wickedness

   Synonyms:
   vice, evil, inturpitude, immorality, offence, vileness, villainy, badness, corruption

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1. evil, immorality, wickedness, iniquitynoun

   morally objectionable behavior

   Synonyms:
   immorality, shabbiness, sinfulness, sin, ugliness, evilness, iniquity, dark, unfairness, evil, darkness, sliminess, repulsiveness, lousiness, nefariousness, loathsomeness, vileness, injustice

2. iniquity, wickedness, darkness, darknoun

   absence of moral or spiritual values

   "the powers of darkness"

   Synonyms:
   swarthiness, immorality, shabbiness, sinfulness, lousiness, sin, ugliness, shadow, nighttime, iniquity, night, dark, evil, duskiness, unfairness, sliminess, repulsiveness, darkness, nefariousness, loathsomeness, vileness, injustice

3. nefariousness, wickedness, vileness, uglinessnoun

   the quality of being wicked

   Synonyms:
   darkness, lousiness, sinfulness, sliminess, repulsiveness, vileness, dark, loathsomeness, immorality, nefariousness, ugliness, evil, sin, iniquity

4. sin, sinfulness, wickednessnoun

   estrangement from god

   Synonyms:
   sinfulness, sin, ugliness, iniquity, hell, immorality, dark, sine, evil, darkness, sliminess, repulsiveness, sinning, lousiness, nefariousness, loathsomeness, vileness

5. loathsomeness, repulsiveness, sliminess, vileness, lousiness, wickednessnoun

   the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions

   "the vileness of his language surprised us"

   Synonyms:
   darkness, lousiness, iniquity, sinfulness, nefariousness, pediculosis, repulsiveness, vileness, dark, immorality, loathsomeness, sin, ugliness, evil, sliminess

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1. • Condition
   • Offensiveness

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1. wickednessnoun

   Synonyms:
   sin, evil, depravity, vice, immorality, unrighteousness, sinfulness, crime, criminality, villany, rascality, knavery

2. wickednessnoun

   Synonyms:
   atrocity, iniquity, enormity, flagitiousness

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1. wickednessnoun

   Synonyms:
   iniquity, depravity, immorality, sinfulness, vice, infamy, atrocity, evil, offense, flagrancy, unrighteousness

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1. List of paraphrases for "wickedness":

   perversity, cruelty, malice, evil, evil-doing, viciousness

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1. Anonymous:

   To harken to evil conversation is the road to wickedness.. (Pravis Assuescere Sermonibus Est Via Ad Rem Ipsam)

2. Aristotle:

   The wicked have no stability, for they do not remain in consistency with themselves; they continue friends only for a short time, rejoicing in each other?s wickedness.

3. John Milton:

   ... If weakness may excuse, What Murderer, what Traitor, Parricide, Incestuous, sacrilegious, but may plead it All Wickedness is Weakness That plea therefore With God or Man will gain thee no Remission.

4. Abraham Lincoln:

   While the people retain their virtue, and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme of wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the government, in the short space of four years.

5. Saadi Shirazi:

   Wickedness, by whomsoever committed, is odious, but most of all in men of learning; for learning is the weapon with which Satan is combated, and when a man is made captive with arms in his hand his shame is more excessive.