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wicked

[wik-id] / ˈwɪk ɪd /




Usage

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Wicked implies willful and determined doing of what is very wrong: a wicked plan. 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. Bad is the broadest and simplest term: a bad man; bad habits. 


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Over a fingerpicked progression, he begins with “To pretend that everything will be just fine / That any wicked problem will dissolve over time.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

My working theory is that they tap into audiences with a preexisting suspicion that the world is wicked — they prove paranoia to be well-founded.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

Director Kang Mi-so shouts across the set at an actor playing the role of the "wicked" aunt.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

What better way to show the world a new side of yourself than to play the equally wicked fictional brother of one of modern literature’s most notorious slashers?

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

The tooth, which was wide at the base, tapered to a wicked point.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville




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