wicked
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.
Example Sentences
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"They're kind of the wicked stepmother of flowers... with the biggest carbon footprint, instead, look to try and buy some beautiful British flowers," she said.
From BBC
The tooth, which was wide at the base, tapered to a wicked point.
From Literature
“And I think it was about a queen who wants her daughter rescued. But the queen was wicked.”
From Literature
Everyone in elite skiing is a wicked skier; margins can be dictated by who is the most composed under pressure.
Cumming’s host persona may not be evil per se, but he is wicked enough for his beloved pooch, Lala, to look absolutely angelic trotting next to him.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
