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- pronunciation:
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- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- phrases:
- the lesser of two evils
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, noun)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
morally or spiritually corrupt.
For running away from her husband, she was considered an evil woman.He wants to repent for his evil ways.- synonyms:
- bad, infernal, iniquitous, nefarious, reprobate, sinful, ungodly, wicked
- antonyms:
- good, righteous, virtuous
- similar words:
- atrocious, corrupt, degenerate, dissolute, flagitious, heinous, immoral, miscreant, profligate, satanic, sinister, unholy, vicious, wrong
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| definition 2: |
motivated by intent to harm or destroy.
Responsible for the deaths of millions, Joseph Stalin is considered by many to be one of history's most evil dictators.- synonyms:
- baleful, deadly, malefic, malevolent, malicious, spiteful, vicious, villainous, virulent
- antonyms:
- benevolent
- similar words:
- atrocious, bad, destructive, diabolical, fiendish, malign, malignant, pernicious, satanic, sinister, wicked
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| definition 3: |
causing destructive effects.
The storm was an evil force that ruined people's lives.- synonyms:
- bad, baneful, damaging, harmful, hurtful, ill, noxious, virulent
- antonyms:
- beneficial, benign
- similar words:
- deleterious, detrimental, hard, nasty, pestilent, ruinous, wicked
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| definition 4: |
heartless; cruel.
Leaving the old people with no home was an evil act on the part of the city.- synonyms:
- atrocious, bad, brutal, heartless, merciless, wicked
- antonyms:
- good
- similar words:
- malign, nasty, wrong
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| related words: |
dark, diabolic, dirty, noxious, perverse, profane, reprehensible, sorry, spiteful, vile, wanton |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a spiritually or morally corrupt and destructive force; absence of good.
They believe that there is both evil and good in all humans.- synonyms:
- depravity, immorality, iniquity, sinfulness, turpitude, wickedness
- antonyms:
- good, goodness
- similar words:
- atrocity, corruption, harm
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| definition 2: |
immoral behavior.
It was claimed that alcohol leads people into evil.- synonyms:
- depravity, immorality, iniquity, vice, villainy, wickedness
- antonyms:
- good, goodness
- similar words:
- atrocity, corruption, debauchery, degeneracy, infamy, malefaction, profligacy, wrong, wrongdoing
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| definition 3: |
a force, condition, or activity that causes suffering or destruction.
Poverty and crime are two evils of society.- synonyms:
- adversity, affliction, detriment, injury, maleficence, malevolence, malignity, misery, pestilence, ruin, ruination
- antonyms:
- good
- similar words:
- cancer, curse, harm, hurt, ill, malice, mischief, misfortune, sorrow, trouble, vice, woe, wrong
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| related words: |
enemy, iniquity, injustice, outrage, plague |
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| phrase: |
the lesser of two evils |
| derivations: |
evilly (adv.), evilness (n.) |
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