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

Matched Categories

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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How to use wickedness in a sentence?

1. Joseph Conrad:

   The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.

2. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf:

   Regrettably, the inhumanity of rape is still being perpetrated ... this wickedness must be brought to an end.

3. Thomas Paine:

   Whenever we read the obscene stories, voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and tortous executions, the unrelenting vindictivenes, with which more than half the Bible is filled, it would be more consistant that we called it the word of a Demon than the word of God. It is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize mankind, and, for my part, I sincerly detest it as I detest everything that is cruel.

4. Anonymous:

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

5. 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.