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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nefarious  \Ne*fa"ri*ous\,  a.  [L.  nefarius,  fr  nefas  crime, 
  wrong  ne  not  +  fas  divine  law;  akin  to  fari  to  speak.  See 
  {No},  adv.,  and  {Fate}.] 
  Wicked  in  the  extreme;  abominable;  iniquitous;  atrociously 
  villainous;  execrable;  detestably  vile. 
 
  Syn:  Iniquitous;  detestable;  horrible;  heinious;  atrocious; 
  infamous;  impious.  See  {Iniquitous}.  -- 
  {Ne*fa"ri*ous*ly},  adv  --  {Ne*fa"ri*ous*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nefarious 
  adj  :  extremely  wicked;  "nefarious  schemes";  "a  villainous  plot"; 
  "a  villainous  band  of  thieves"  [syn:  {villainous}]




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