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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Yes, he did so with the help of Hitler and Mussolini, and his proximity to these evil men is a true blot on his record.
But even aside from its profitability, many whites in the Antebellum South had come to see slaveholding not as a necessary evil, to be accepted apologetically, but as a positive moral good.
Twin brothers who return home to the Mississippi Delta in 1932 for a fresh start, not realising an evil force awaits them.
From BBC
For him, Vecna is devoid of any humanity, but when he is playing Henry, there’s still “elements of humanity,” though his intentions are pure evil.
From Los Angeles Times
To mirror the real world, the Land of Sweets was not spared from an evil nutcracker tyrant.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
