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.
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“She had, she said, had evil thoughts about us.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Former UN rights chief Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein described him as "the epitome of evil".
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
But only Curry could create the kind of monster Scott wanted – a villain emanating something more complex than evil.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
"People fear the environment where the shrine is. No evil will ever happen here. So, nobody fights vultures that perch here," a man they call the Vulture King tells the BBC.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
In the very first James Bond film, released a year after the theft, Bond meets Dr. No in his evil lair.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
And coming from the field of disinformation in particular, A.I. is a Pandora’s box of yet-to-be-imagined evils.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
A wary Tinseltown reluctantly lined up behind Netflix as the lesser of two evils, only to watch Paramount keep raising its bid until the streamer walked away.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
He notes that “complaints about the evils of consumerism have long been a staple among intellectuals, but I see evil only in its excesses.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
Also, I am afraid your columns do not sufficiently extol the value of work, which Voltaire rightly claimed protects us from the evils of boredom, vice, and poverty.
From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026
Convinced that Jesus had spoken to her directly, she devoted her days to battling the evils of drink.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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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