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evil definition
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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
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