evil
Usage
What are other ways to say evil?
Evil applies to that which violates or leads to the violation of moral law: evil practices. Ill now appears mainly in certain fixed expressions, with a milder implication than that in evil: ill will; ill-natured. Wicked implies willful and determined doing of what is very wrong: a wicked plan. Bad is the broadest and simplest term: a bad man; bad habits.
Example Sentences
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As the month goes by, fans can look forward to new seasons of "EVIL," "RuPaul's Drag Race," "The Good Fight" and more!
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2021
Black metal seemed to be trying too hard—WE ARE SO EVIL, FOR REAL—while indie rock could barely get out of bed, which was more my speed.
From Slate • Mar. 5, 2014
I think the financial industry is EVIL, with the exception of my husband.
From Slate • Aug. 20, 2012
"EVIL SPIRITS" Museveni urged people to also be cautious when it came to burying people, saying that people had contracted the virus while burying Ebola victims because they remained contagious even when dead.
From Reuters • Jul. 30, 2012
I said that the dilemma arose from our taking it for granted that that which seemed evil really was EVIL.
From The Stark Munro Letters by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
Vocabulary lists containing evil
Bush's Address on 9/11
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"Frankenstein" and "How Frankenstein Began"
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"The Flying Machine" by Ray Bradbury
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