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evil


 
  Grep  of  noun  evil 
  bean  weevil 
  black  weevil 
  blue  devil 
  boll  weevil 
  daredevil 
  devil 
  dust  devil 
  evil 
  evil  eye 
  evil  spirit 
  evildoer 
  evildoing 
  evilness 
  flour  weevil 
  king's  evil 
  king  devil 
  mountain  devil 
  pea  weevil 
  poor  devil 
  printer's  devil 
  red  devil 
  rice  weevil 
  seed  weevil 
  she-devil 
  tasmanian  devil 
  the  devil 
  weevil 
 
  Overview  of  noun  evil 
 
  The  noun  evil  has  3  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (6)  evil,  immorality,  wickedness,  iniquity  --  (morally  objectionable  behavior) 
  2.  (4)  evil  --  (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) 
  3.  (3)  evil,  evilness  --  (the  quality  of  being  morally  wrong  in  principle  or  practice:  "attempts  to  explain  the  origin  of  evil  in  the  world") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  evil 
 
  The  adj  evil  has  4  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (9)  evil,  wicked  --  (morally  bad  or  wrong  "evil  purposes";  "an  evil  influence";  "evil  deeds") 
  2.  (1)  depraved,  evil,  vicious  --  (having  the  nature  of  vice) 
  3.  (1)  evil,  harmful,  injurious  --  (tending  to  cause  great  harm) 
  4.  malefic,  malevolent,  malign,  evil  --  (having  or  exerting  a  malignant  influence;  "malevolent  stars";  "a  malefic  force") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  evil 
 
  4  senses  of  evil 
 
  Sense  1 
  evil  (vs.  good),  wicked 
 
  good  (vs.  evil) 
  =>  angelic,  angelical,  beatific,  saintlike,  saintly,  sainted 
  =>  beneficent,  benevolent,  gracious 
  =>  white 
  =>  worthy 
  =>  goody-goody 
  =>  redemptive,  redeeming(postnominal),  saving(postnominal) 
 
  Sense  2 
  depraved,  evil,  vicious 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  wicked)  ->  virtuous 
 
  Sense  3 
  evil,  harmful,  injurious 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  malign)  ->  benign,  benignant 
 
  Sense  4 
  malefic,  malevolent,  malign,  evil 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  maleficent)  ->  beneficent 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  evil 
 
  4  senses  of  evil 
 
  Sense  1 
  evil  (vs.  good),  wicked 
  =>  atrocious,  flagitious,  grievous,  heinous,  monstrous 
  =>  bad  immoral 
  =>  black,  dark,  sinister 
  =>  corruptive,  perversive 
  =>  demonic,  diabolic,  diabolical,  fiendish,  hellish,  infernal,  satanic,  unholy 
  =>  despicable,  ugly,  vile,  unworthy 
  =>  devilish,  diabolic,  diabolical,  mephistophelian,  mephistophelean 
  =>  evil-minded 
  Also  See->  bad#1;  immoral#1;  offensive#5;  unrighteous#1;  wicked#1;  wrong#2 
 
  Sense  2 
  depraved,  evil,  vicious 
  =>  wicked  (vs.  virtuous) 
 
  Sense  3 
  evil,  harmful,  injurious 
  =>  malign  (vs.  benign) 
 
  Sense  4 
  malefic,  malevolent,  malign,  evil 
  =>  maleficent  (vs.  beneficent) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  evil 
 
  1  of  4  senses  of  evil 
 
  Sense  1 
  evil  (vs.  good),  wicked 
  =>  evil,  evilness 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  evil 
 
  evil  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  4) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  evil 
  daredevil 
  evil 
  evil-minded 
  most  evil 
 
  Overview  of  noun  evil 
 
  The  noun  evil  has  3  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (6)  evil,  immorality,  wickedness,  iniquity  --  (morally  objectionable  behavior) 
  2.  (4)  evil  --  (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) 
  3.  (3)  evil,  evilness  --  (the  quality  of  being  morally  wrong  in  principle  or  practice:  "attempts  to  explain  the  origin  of  evil  in  the  world") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  evil 
 
  The  adj  evil  has  4  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (9)  evil,  wicked  --  (morally  bad  or  wrong  "evil  purposes";  "an  evil  influence";  "evil  deeds") 
  2.  (1)  depraved,  evil,  vicious  --  (having  the  nature  of  vice) 
  3.  (1)  evil,  harmful,  injurious  --  (tending  to  cause  great  harm) 
  4.  malefic,  malevolent,  malign,  evil  --  (having  or  exerting  a  malignant  influence;  "malevolent  stars";  "a  malefic  force") 



evil definition