evil
Usage
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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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In these scenarios, it’s reassuring to know that good prevails over evil or at least that the right guys triumph over whichever former Soviet republic or local militia is wreaking havoc.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese promised a sweeping crackdown to banish the "evil of antisemitism from our society".
From Barron's
Overwhelming evil calls for extreme sacrifice, one of the highest being Cassian’s last, to which he flies in the series’ final scene.
From Salon
“The real evils in war,” St. Augustine once wrote, are “love of violence, revengeful cruelty, fierce and implacable enmity, wild resistance, and the lust of power.”
"At a moment where we have seen evil perpetrated, he shines out as an example of the strength of humanity," the prime minister added.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
