What is another word for evil?
1831 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ˈiːvə͡l], [ ˈiːvəl], [ ˈiː_v_əl]
Evil, also referred to as wickedness, malevolence, or corruption, is a term that has been used to describe anything that is morally wrong or harmful. Other synonyms for evil include maleficent, malignant, sadistic, treacherous, or diabolical. These words capture the idea of someone or something that causes harm or destruction without any remorse or empathy. They are often used in literature, movies, and other media to describe villains or antagonists, such as the wicked stepmother in a fairy tale or the archenemy in a thriller. Ultimately, the use of these words helps to convey the severity and impact of the actions of those who embody evil.
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Similar words for evil:
- baneful (adjective)
- damaging (adjective)
- decadent (adjective)
- destructive (adjective)
- dissolute (adjective)
- evil (adjective)
- guilty (adjective)
- hateful (adjective)
- malevolent (adjective)
- mean (adjective)
- obscene (adjective)
- pernicious (adjective)
- unclean (adjective)
- unspeakable (adjective)
- wicked (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- baleful (adjective)
- catty (adjective)
- corrupt (adjective)
- cruel (adjective)
- depraved (adjective)
- detrimental (adjective)
- devilish (adjective)
- felonious (adjective)
- fiendish (adjective)
- harmful (adjective)
- heinous (adjective)
- hurtful (adjective)
- ill-boding (adjective)
- inauspicious (adjective)
- incommunicable (adjective)
- indefinable (adjective)
- inexpressible (adjective)
- infamous (adjective)
- injurious (adjective)
- lawless (adjective)
- malicious (adjective)
- malign (adjective)
- mischievous (adjective)
- monstrous (adjective)
- nasty (adjective)
- naughty (adjective)
- pestilent/pestilential (adjective)
- poison/poisonous (adjective)
- prejudicial (adjective)
- sarcastic (adjective)
- sinful (adjective)
- sinful, immoral (adjective)
- sinister (adjective)
- spiteful (adjective)
- ugly (adjective)
- undescribable (adjective)
- unholy (adjective)
- unutterable (adjective)
- unwholesome (adjective)
- venomous (adjective)
- vicious (adjective)
- villainous (adjective)
- wanton (adjective)
- Pandora's box (noun)
- atrocity (noun)
- badness (noun)
- badness, immorality; disaster (noun)
- bane (noun)
- blight (noun)
- canker (noun)
- corruption (noun)
- crime (noun)
- damage (noun)
- decadence (noun)
- deformity (noun)
- degradation (noun)
- depravity (noun)
- deviltry (noun)
- dissipation (noun)
- drawback (noun)
- enormity (noun)
- evil (noun)
- evildoing (noun)
- grossness (noun)
- ill (noun)
- improbity (noun)
- indecency (noun)
- infamy (noun)
- injury (noun)
- injury, loss (noun)
- lewdness (noun)
- malevolence (noun)
- malice (noun)
- mischief (noun)
- misconduct (noun)
- obscenity (noun)
- plague (noun)
- sin (noun)
- villainy (noun)
- vindictiveness (noun)
- wrong (noun)
Synonyms for Evil:
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adj.
• baneful • damaging • decadent • destructive • dissolute • evil- abominable ,
- atrocious ,
- damnable ,
- disgraceful ,
- foul ,
- heinous ,
- hideous ,
- loathsome ,
- monstrous ,
- offensive ,
- repellent ,
- reprehensible ,
- repugnant ,
- repulsive ,
- revolting ,
- terrible ,
- wicked .
- malevolent ,
- malicious ,
- shuddersome ,
- uncool ,
- de spiteful ,
- de-spiteful ,
- dis gusting ,
- dis-gusting ,
- more cussed ,
- more shuddersome ,
- more uncool ,
- most cussed ,
- most shuddersome ,
- most uncool ,
- un cool ,
- un desirable ,
- un-cool ,
- un-desirable .
- Black-hearted ,
- antagonistic ,
- bad-natured ,
- bitter ,
- churlish ,
- corrosive ,
- hostile ,
- ill-natured ,
- malignant ,
- perfidious ,
- rancorous ,
- sullen ,
- treacherous ,
- venomous ,
- vindictive ,
- virulent .
- evil .
- de generate ,
- de graded ,
- de-generate ,
- de-graded ,
- dis honored ,
- dis-honored ,
- more abased ,
- more dishonored ,
- most abased ,
- most dishonored .
- cold blooded ,
- flinty ,
- hard hearted ,
- in exorable ,
- in human ,
- in humane ,
- in-exorable ,
- in-human ,
- in-humane ,
- more brutish ,
- more demoniac ,
- more hard hearted ,
- more hard-hearted ,
- most brutish ,
- most demoniac ,
- most hard hearted ,
- most hard-hearted ,
- most inhuman ,
- painful ,
- re vengeful ,
- re-vengeful ,
- un feeling ,
- un kind ,
- un kinder ,
- un kindest ,
- un natural ,
- un relenting ,
- un-feeling ,
- un-kind ,
- un-kinder ,
- un-kindest ,
- un-natural ,
- un-relenting .
- dirty minded ,
- dirtyminded ,
- more dirty minded ,
- more dirty-minded ,
- more dirtyminded ,
- more flagitous ,
- more vitiate ,
- more vitiated ,
- more warped ,
- most dirty minded ,
- most dirty-minded ,
- most dirtyminded ,
- most flagitous ,
- most vitiate ,
- most vitiated ,
- most warped ,
- un healthier ,
- un healthiest ,
- un healthy ,
- un-healthier ,
- un-healthiest ,
- un-healthy .
- cloven footed ,
- clovenfooted ,
- de monic ,
- de testable ,
- de-monic ,
- de-testable ,
- more cloven footed ,
- more cloven-footed ,
- more clovenfooted ,
- more hellborn ,
- more mephistophelian ,
- most cloven footed ,
- most cloven-footed ,
- most clovenfooted ,
- most hellborn ,
- most mephistophelian ,
- un hallowed .
- ill omened ,
- in auspicious ,
- in opportune ,
- in-auspicious ,
- in-opportune ,
- more ill omened ,
- more ill-omened ,
- more illomened ,
- more unpromising ,
- most ill omened ,
- most ill-omened ,
- most illomened ,
- most unpromising ,
- un fortunate ,
- un luckier ,
- un luckiest ,
- un lucky ,
- un promising ,
- un propitious ,
- un timelier ,
- un timeliest ,
- un timely ,
- un-fortunate ,
- un-luckier ,
- un-luckiest ,
- un-lucky ,
- un-promising ,
- un-timelier ,
- un-timeliest ,
- un-timely .
- dis graceful ,
- dis honorable ,
- dis reputable ,
- dis-graceful ,
- dis-honorable ,
- dis-reputable ,
- ill famed ,
- illfamed ,
- in famous ,
- in-famous ,
- more caitiff ,
- more ill famed ,
- more ill-famed ,
- more illfamed ,
- most caitiff ,
- most ill famed ,
- most ill-famed ,
- most illfamed ,
- scurvier ,
- scurviest .
- more libeling ,
- more unconducive ,
- most libeling ,
- most unconducive ,
- un conducive ,
- un just ,
- un juster ,
- un justest ,
- un-conducive ,
- un-just ,
- un-juster ,
- un-justest ,
- unconducive .
- dis obedient ,
- dis ordered ,
- dis orderly ,
- dis-obedient ,
- dis-ordered ,
- dis-orderly ,
- in fringing ,
- in subordinate ,
- in-fringing ,
- in-subordinate ,
- insurgent ,
- more anarchic ,
- more anarchical ,
- more anarchistic ,
- more infringing ,
- more piratical ,
- more recusant ,
- more terrorizing ,
- more unpeaceful ,
- most anarchic ,
- most anarchical ,
- most anarchistic ,
- most infringing ,
- most piratical ,
- most recusant ,
- most terrorizing ,
- most unpeaceful ,
- non compliant ,
- non conformist ,
- un civilized ,
- un cultivated ,
- un peaceful ,
- un tamed ,
- un-civilized ,
- un-cultivated ,
- un-peaceful ,
- un-tamed ,
- untamed .
- green eyed ,
- greeneyed ,
- ill disposed ,
- illdisposed ,
- more ill disposed ,
- more ill-disposed ,
- more illdisposed ,
- most ill disposed ,
- most ill-disposed ,
- most illdisposed .
- ex asperating ,
- ex-asperating ,
- holy terror ,
- ill behaved ,
- illbehaved ,
- mis behaving ,
- mis-behaving ,
- more dickens ,
- more exasperating ,
- more ill behaved ,
- more ill-behaved ,
- more illbehaved ,
- more misbehaving ,
- more rascal ,
- more rascally ,
- more vexing ,
- most dickens ,
- most exasperating ,
- most ill behaved ,
- most ill-behaved ,
- most illbehaved ,
- most misbehaving ,
- most rascal ,
- most rascally ,
- most vexing ,
- pre carious ,
- pre-carious ,
- teasing .
- Miscreated ,
- in tolerable ,
- in-tolerable ,
- mis created ,
- mis-created ,
- more horrifying ,
- more miscreated ,
- more teratoid ,
- most horrifying ,
- most miscreated ,
- most teratoid ,
- un cannier ,
- un canniest ,
- un canny ,
- un usual ,
- un-cannier ,
- un-canniest ,
- un-canny ,
- un-usual .
- in decorous ,
- in tractable ,
- in-decorous ,
- in-tractable ,
- un governable ,
- un manageable ,
- un-governable ,
- un-manageable .
- dis eased ,
- dis-eased ,
- more contaminating ,
- more pestilent ,
- more tainting ,
- most contaminating ,
- most tainting .
- infective ,
- more infective ,
- more septic ,
- more toxiferous ,
- most infective ,
- most septic ,
- most toxiferous .
- counter productive ,
- dis criminatory ,
- dis-criminatory ,
- more counterproductive ,
- more differential ,
- most counterproductive ,
- most differential ,
- pre judicial ,
- pre-judicial .
- dis illusioned ,
- dis respectful ,
- dis-illusioned ,
- dis-respectful ,
- mordant ,
- more chaffing ,
- more needling ,
- more snarling ,
- more taunting ,
- more twitting ,
- more weisenheiming ,
- most chaffing ,
- most ironical ,
- most needling ,
- most snarling ,
- most taunting ,
- most twitting ,
- most weisenheiming ,
- needling ,
- smartalecky .
- de meritorious ,
- de-meritorious ,
- more demeritorious ,
- more unregenerate ,
- more unrighteous ,
- most demeritorious ,
- most unregenerate ,
- most unrighteous ,
- un godlier ,
- un godliest ,
- un godly ,
- un regenerate ,
- un righteous ,
- un-godlier ,
- un-godliest ,
- un-godly ,
- un-righteous .
- dis honest ,
- dis quieting ,
- dis-honest ,
- dis-quieting ,
- more blackhearted ,
- more doomful ,
- most blackhearted ,
- most doomful .
- more irreverential ,
- more unsanctified ,
- most irreverential ,
- most unsanctified ,
- un holier ,
- un holiest ,
- un holy ,
- un sanctified ,
- un-holier ,
- un-holiest ,
- un-holy .
- in salubrious ,
- in-salubrious ,
- more pathological ,
- most pathological ,
- un sound ,
- un sounder ,
- un wholesome ,
- un-sound ,
- un-sounder ,
- un-soundest ,
- un-wholesome .
- more double crossing ,
- more double-crossing ,
- more motiveless ,
- more unprovoked ,
- most double crossing ,
- most double-crossing ,
- most doublecrossing ,
- most motiveless ,
- most unprovoked ,
- un asked ,
- un fair ,
- un fairer ,
- un fairest ,
- un justifiable ,
- un justified ,
- un provoked ,
- un-asked ,
- un-fair ,
- un-fairer ,
- un-fairest ,
- un-justifiable ,
- un-justified ,
- un-provoked ,
- uncalledfor .
-
n.
-
•
- luck .
- can worms ,
- hornet nest ,
- hornets nest ,
- pandora box ,
- pandora's-box ,
- pandora-box ,
- pandoras box ,
- pandoras-box ,
- snake grass ,
- snake the grass .
- in humanities ,
- in humanity ,
- in-humanities ,
- in-humanity ,
- out rage ,
- out rages ,
- out-rage ,
- out-rages ,
- ruthlessnesses .
- Delict ,
- Torts ,
- antisocial behavior ,
- criminalities ,
- delicts ,
- delictum ,
- evil behavior ,
- fast one ,
- lawlessness ,
- malefactions ,
- unlawful act .
- de gradation ,
- de gradations ,
- de motion ,
- de motions ,
- de rogation ,
- de rogations ,
- de-gradation ,
- de-gradations ,
- de-motion ,
- de-motions ,
- de-rogation ,
- de-rogations ,
- dis credit ,
- dis credits ,
- dis grace ,
- dis graces ,
- dis honor ,
- dis honors ,
- dis-credit ,
- dis-credits ,
- dis-grace ,
- dis-graces ,
- dis-honor ,
- dis-honors .
- free livings ,
- free-livings ,
- freeliving ,
- freelivings ,
- hell handbasket ,
- hell in handbasket ,
- high livings ,
- high-livings ,
- highliving ,
- highlivings ,
- life fast lane ,
- life the fast lane ,
- self gratification ,
- self gratifications ,
- self-gratifications ,
- selfgratification ,
- selfgratifications ,
- squanderings ,
- to hell handbasket .
- Repellency ,
- bane ,
- calamitousness ,
- damnation ,
- detriment ,
- disgrace ,
- foulness ,
- hideousness ,
- offensiveness ,
- reprehensibleness ,
- sinisterness ,
- terribleness .
- badnesses ,
- dis ease ,
- dis eases ,
- dis order ,
- dis orders ,
- dis-ease ,
- dis-eases ,
- dis-order ,
- dis-orders ,
- in disposition ,
- in dispositions ,
- in-disposition ,
- in-dispositions ,
- un pleasantness ,
- un pleasantnesses ,
- un-pleasantness ,
- un-pleasantnesses .
- in civilities ,
- in civility ,
- in decencies ,
- in decency ,
- in decorum ,
- in decorums ,
- in delicacies ,
- in delicacy ,
- in-civilities ,
- in-civility ,
- in-decencies ,
- in-decency ,
- in-decorum ,
- in-decorums ,
- in-delicacies ,
- in-delicacy ,
- un seemliness ,
- un seemlinesses ,
- un-seemliness ,
- un-seemlinesses .
- de formation ,
- de formations ,
- de-formation ,
- de-formations ,
- dis tress ,
- dis tresses ,
- dis-tress ,
- dis-tresses ,
- in dignities ,
- in dignity ,
- in juries ,
- in jury ,
- in justices ,
- in-dignities ,
- in-dignity ,
- in-juries ,
- in-jury ,
- in-justice .
- animosity ,
- antagonism ,
- bitterness ,
- cattiness ,
- corrosiveness ,
- hurtfulness ,
- ill nature ,
- maliciousness ,
- malignancy ,
- nastiness ,
- venom ,
- virulence .
- de spite ,
- de spitefulness ,
- de spitefulnesses ,
- de spites ,
- de-spite ,
- de-spitefulness ,
- de-spitefulnesses ,
- de-spites ,
- despites ,
- hatefulnesses ,
- malignances .
- devilments ,
- funny businesses ,
- mis behavior ,
- mis behaviors ,
- mis chief ,
- mis chiefs ,
- mis doing ,
- mis doings ,
- mis fortune ,
- mis fortunes ,
- mis-behavior ,
- mis-behaviors ,
- mis-chief ,
- mis-chiefs ,
- mis-doing ,
- mis-doings ,
- mis-fortunes ,
- waywardnesses .
- Vulgarness ,
- blueness ,
- dirty name ,
- grossness ,
- porn ,
- profaneness ,
- salacities ,
- salacity ,
- scurrilousness ,
- sleaze ,
- sleazes ,
- smut .
- de merit ,
- de merits ,
- de-merit ,
- de-merits ,
- dis obedience ,
- dis obediences ,
- dis-obedience ,
- dis-obediences ,
- evil doings ,
- evil-doings ,
- peccabilities ,
- un godliness ,
- un godlinesses ,
- un righteousness ,
- un righteousnesses ,
- un-godliness ,
- un-godlinesses ,
- un-righteousness ,
- un-righteousnesses ,
- ungodlinesses ,
- unrighteousnesses ,
- venialities ,
- wrongnesses .
Other synonyms:
- Conduct Disorder ,
- Diablerie ,
- Elder Abuse ,
- Peccancy ,
- acidity ,
- alienation ,
- amoral ,
- backsliding ,
- badly ,
- barbaric ,
- beelzebub ,
- bestial ,
- bestiality ,
- black mass ,
- blameworthy ,
- brazen ,
- brutality ,
- brutish ,
- bullying ,
- capital offence ,
- cardinal sin ,
- cesspool ,
- cheapjack ,
- cold-blooded ,
- cowardly ,
- cynicism ,
- dastardly ,
- debauched ,
- debauchery ,
- decadent ,
- dereliction of duty ,
- despiteful ,
- despotic ,
- despotism ,
- deviance ,
- deviant ,
- dishonorable ,
- disincentive ,
- dissolute ,
- evildoing ,
- exploitation ,
- forbidden ,
- frailty ,
- gestapo ,
- harassment ,
- hypocrisy ,
- hypocritical ,
- ignominy ,
- incorrigible ,
- indefensible ,
- inhuman ,
- inhumane ,
- killer instinct ,
- kiss of death ,
- lewdness ,
- lucifer ,
- maltreatment ,
- mephistopheles ,
- merciless ,
- misbehavior ,
- misbehaviour ,
- misdemeanour ,
- murky ,
- no-no ,
- old nick ,
- oppression ,
- peccadillo ,
- peccant ,
- personal ,
- perverted ,
- pitiless ,
- predatory ,
- promiscuity ,
- rejection ,
- ruthless ,
- sadism ,
- sadistic ,
- satanism ,
- seamy ,
- self-interest ,
- sharp-tongued ,
- snarky ,
- snide ,
- solecism ,
- sordid ,
- squalid ,
- tawdry ,
- trashy ,
- twilight world ,
- twisted ,
- tyrannical ,
- unacceptable ,
- uncharitable ,
- unclean ,
- unforgivable ,
- ungenerous ,
- unkind ,
- unnecessary ,
- unpardonable ,
- unpropitious ,
- unsparing ,
- violation ,
- waspish ,
- worthless ,
- wrongdoing .
- negative .
- blow .
- abusive ,
- degenerate ,
- deterrence ,
- errant ,
- excess ,
- hammer blow ,
- hard ,
- heresy ,
- impure ,
- inauspicious ,
- infamy ,
- lawless ,
- misery ,
- naughty ,
- nonsense ,
- sellout ,
- shameful ,
- sick ,
- storm cloud ,
- subhuman ,
- taboo ,
- tainted ,
- trespass ,
- tyranny ,
- ungodly ,
- unnatural .
- harsh ,
- horn ,
- unfavorable ,
- woe .
- snag .
- cloud .
Other relevant words:
- Besetment ,
- Bodeful ,
- Dissipative ,
- Doomful ,
- Egregiousness ,
- Feared ,
- Fiendly ,
- Hell ,
- Horribleness ,
- Ill-boding ,
- Improbity ,
- Incommunicable ,
- Libertinism ,
- Lubricity ,
- Lubricous ,
- Malefaction ,
- Malum ,
- Mephitical ,
- Monstrousness ,
- Nocuous ,
- Ogreish ,
- Pandora's Box ,
- Peccability ,
- Perverting ,
- Plotting ,
- Portending ,
- Raunch ,
- Reprobacy ,
- Satanical ,
- Subverted ,
- Sybaritism ,
- Unchastity ,
- Viperous ,
- abandoned ,
- aberrant ,
- abet ,
- abhor ,
- abhorrence ,
- abhorrent ,
- abject ,
- abnormal ,
- abuse ,
- accursed ,
- add ,
- addict ,
- adhere ,
- ado ,
- adulterine ,
- adverse ,
- adversity ,
- afflict ,
- agony ,
- alarming ,
- amiss ,
- amorality ,
- angry ,
- anguish ,
- annoyance ,
- anti-religious ,
- anxiety ,
- apocalyptic ,
- appalling ,
- append ,
- apply ,
- arbitrary ,
- arrant ,
- artful ,
- atheist ,
- atrociousness ,
- attach ,
- awful ,
- awfully ,
- awry ,
- bad luck ,
- bale ,
- barbarism ,
- barbarity ,
- barbarous ,
- beast ,
- beastly ,
- befoulment ,
- below criticism ,
- beneath criticism ,
- bent ,
- bitchy ,
- black ,
- blackguardly ,
- blamable ,
- blasphemous ,
- bless ,
- blight ,
- boding ,
- bother ,
- break ,
- brutal ,
- brutally ,
- bugbear ,
- burden ,
- cacodemonic ,
- can of worms ,
- carnal ,
- carnality ,
- cataclysm ,
- catastrophe ,
- catastrophic ,
- condemnable ,
- conniving ,
- conscienceless ,
- consecrate ,
- contemptible ,
- contemptuous ,
- contravene ,
- corrupted ,
- corrupting ,
- corruption ,
- corruptive ,
- counterproductive ,
- crafty ,
- crazy ,
- crime ,
- crime against humanity ,
- criminal ,
- criminality ,
- crooked ,
- cross to bear ,
- cruel ,
- crumble ,
- cunning ,
- currish ,
- damaging ,
- damned ,
- dangerous ,
- dark ,
- darkness ,
- deadly ,
- deadly sin ,
- death ,
- debased ,
- debasement ,
- debasing ,
- debt ,
- decadence ,
- deceitful ,
- dedicate ,
- defamatory ,
- defect ,
- defiled ,
- deformity ,
- defy ,
- degeneracy ,
- degeneration ,
- degraded ,
- degrading ,
- deleterious ,
- delinquency ,
- delinquent ,
- demerit ,
- demolish ,
- demon ,
- demoniac ,
- demonic ,
- demoralizing ,
- dereliction ,
- desecrate ,
- desecration ,
- despicable ,
- despoliation ,
- destroy ,
- destruction ,
- detestable ,
- detestation ,
- deviate ,
- devilish ,
- devilishness ,
- devilry ,
- devote ,
- diabolic ,
- diabolical ,
- diabolism ,
- difficult ,
- difficulty ,
- dire ,
- dirtiness ,
- dirty ,
- dirty work ,
- disadvantageous ,
- disagreeable ,
- disaster ,
- disastrous ,
- disease ,
- disfigure ,
- disgracefulness ,
- disgustful ,
- disgusting ,
- dishonest ,
- dishonourable ,
- disingenuous ,
- disintegrate ,
- dislike ,
- disobey ,
- disreputable ,
- disrespectful ,
- disruption ,
- dissipated ,
- dissipation ,
- dissoluteness ,
- distasteful ,
- drawback ,
- dread ,
- dreadful ,
- dreary ,
- eerie ,
- egregious ,
- embarrassing ,
- encourage ,
- enormity ,
- epidemic ,
- erotic ,
- eroticism ,
- erroneously ,
- error ,
- evil dispensation ,
- evil star ,
- evil-minded ,
- evilly ,
- evilness ,
- execrable ,
- execrate ,
- failure ,
- faithless ,
- false ,
- falsely ,
- fateful ,
- fault ,
- fearful ,
- fearsome ,
- felonious ,
- felony ,
- fetid ,
- fiendishness ,
- filthiness ,
- filthy ,
- flagitious ,
- flagitiousness ,
- flagrant ,
- flaw ,
- foible ,
- foreboding ,
- frightening ,
- frightful ,
- frowns of fortune ,
- fulsome ,
- funky ,
- furtive ,
- genocide ,
- ghastly ,
- ghoulish ,
- gloomy ,
- go against ,
- godless ,
- gratuitous ,
- grievance ,
- grievous ,
- grim ,
- grisly ,
- grotesque ,
- gruesome ,
- guilty ,
- hard case ,
- hard life ,
- hard lines ,
- hard luck ,
- harm ,
- harmful ,
- harrowing ,
- hate ,
- havoc ,
- headache ,
- heavy ,
- hellish ,
- hellishness ,
- heretical ,
- highly ,
- holiness ,
- horrendous ,
- horrible ,
- horrid ,
- horridness ,
- horrific ,
- horrifying ,
- horror ,
- how ,
- human ,
- humiliating ,
- hurt ,
- iconoclastic ,
- ignoble ,
- ignominious ,
- iii ,
- il ,
- ill luck ,
- ill-fated ,
- ill-omened ,
- ill-starred ,
- illegal ,
- illegality ,
- illegitimate ,
- illicit ,
- immodest ,
- immorality ,
- impediment ,
- imperfectly ,
- impiety ,
- impious ,
- impiousness ,
- impish ,
- improperly ,
- impropriety ,
- impurity ,
- inaccurate ,
- inaccurately ,
- inadequately ,
- inappropriate ,
- inconvenience ,
- incorrect ,
- incorrectly ,
- indecency ,
- indecent ,
- indecorous ,
- indefinable ,
- indiscretion ,
- inequity ,
- inexpedient ,
- inexpiable ,
- inexpressible ,
- infamous ,
- infelicitous ,
- infelicity ,
- inferior ,
- infernal ,
- infliction ,
- infraction ,
- infringement ,
- inhumanity ,
- iniquitous ,
- iniquitousness ,
- iniquity ,
- injudicious ,
- injure ,
- injurious ,
- injuriously ,
- injury ,
- injustice ,
- insalubrious ,
- insidious ,
- insufferable ,
- intolerable ,
- invalid ,
- invidious ,
- irreclaimable ,
- irredeemable ,
- irreligious ,
- irreverence ,
- irreverent ,
- knavery ,
- knavish ,
- lapse ,
- lascivious ,
- lasciviousness ,
- lecherous ,
- lecherousness ,
- lechery ,
- left ,
- lethal ,
- lewd ,
- libellous ,
- libertine ,
- libidinous ,
- libidinousness ,
- licentious ,
- licentiousness ,
- loathly ,
- loathsomeness ,
- loose ,
- looseness ,
- loss ,
- lousiness ,
- lousy ,
- low ,
- low-down ,
- low-life ,
- lowering ,
- lubricious ,
- lust ,
- lustful ,
- lustfulness ,
- macabre ,
- machiavellian ,
- madcap ,
- maim ,
- malady ,
- malefic ,
- maleficence ,
- maleficent ,
- malign ,
- malignity ,
- matter ,
- meanly ,
- menacing ,
- mephistophelean ,
- mephistophelian ,
- mephitic ,
- minor wrong ,
- mischievous ,
- mischievousness ,
- miscreant ,
- misdeed ,
- misdemeanor ,
- miserable ,
- misfeasance ,
- mistakenly ,
- mistreatment ,
- mortal sin ,
- motiveless ,
- nastily ,
- nauseating ,
- nauseous ,
- ne'er-do-well ,
- nemesis ,
- noisome ,
- nonfeasance ,
- nonreligious ,
- not done ,
- noxious ,
- nuisance ,
- objectionable ,
- obliquity ,
- obnoxious ,
- obscene ,
- obscenity ,
- obstruction ,
- odious ,
- odium ,
- of evil portent ,
- off-base ,
- off-color ,
- off-putting ,
- offence ,
- offense ,
- ominous ,
- omission ,
- open wound ,
- oppress ,
- opprobrious ,
- opprobrium ,
- ornery ,
- out of order ,
- out-of-line ,
- outrage ,
- outrageous ,
- outrageousness ,
- pain ,
- painfulness ,
- pandemic ,
- pernicious ,
- persecute ,
- perverse ,
- perversion ,
- perversity ,
- perversive ,
- pest ,
- pestiferous ,
- pestilence ,
- pestilent ,
- pestilential ,
- pollution ,
- poor ,
- poorly ,
- portentous ,
- praetorian ,
- prankish ,
- prankster ,
- prejudice ,
- prejudicial ,
- problem ,
- prodigality ,
- profanation ,
- profane ,
- profligacy ,
- profligate ,
- promiscuous ,
- promiscuousness ,
- prurience ,
- prurient ,
- punish ,
- punishment ,
- purposeless ,
- putrid ,
- rancid ,
- rank ,
- rascality ,
- rascally ,
- raunchiness ,
- recidivism ,
- repellant ,
- repelling ,
- reptilian ,
- revulsion ,
- ribaldry ,
- roguery ,
- roguish ,
- rotten ,
- ruin ,
- ruinous ,
- running sore ,
- sacrilege ,
- sacrilegious ,
- sadly ,
- salacious ,
- salaciousness ,
- sarcastic ,
- sardonic ,
- satanic ,
- satiric ,
- savage ,
- savagery ,
- scandal ,
- scandalous ,
- scary ,
- scatologic ,
- scatology ,
- scheming ,
- scoundrelly ,
- scrofulous ,
- scurrility ,
- scurvy ,
- selfish ,
- sensual ,
- sensuality ,
- seriously ,
- serpentine ,
- set ,
- severe ,
- severely ,
- severity ,
- shabbiness ,
- shame ,
- shamefulness ,
- shameless ,
- shenanigan ,
- shifty ,
- shitty ,
- shocking ,
- shrewd ,
- sickening ,
- sin ,
- sin of omission ,
- sinning ,
- slanderous ,
- slick ,
- slimy ,
- slip ,
- slippery ,
- slough of despond ,
- sly ,
- smuttiness ,
- sneaky ,
- somber ,
- sombre ,
- sorrow ,
- spoiled ,
- stinking ,
- stinky ,
- stomach-churning ,
- stomach-turning ,
- suffering ,
- swearword ,
- sybaritic ,
- talentless ,
- terrific ,
- terrifying ,
- thorn ,
- threatening ,
- torment ,
- tort ,
- toxic ,
- toxicant ,
- toxin ,
- traitorous ,
- transgress ,
- transgression ,
- tribulation ,
- tricky ,
- trip ,
- trying ,
- ugly ,
- unbecoming ,
- uncalled-for ,
- unchaste ,
- uncleanness ,
- unconscionable ,
- underhand ,
- underhanded ,
- undescribable ,
- undignified ,
- undue ,
- unethical ,
- unfair ,
- unfairness ,
- unfavourable ,
- unfit ,
- unfitting ,
- unflattering ,
- unfortunate ,
- ungodliness ,
- unhallowed ,
- unhappily ,
- unhappiness ,
- unhealthful ,
- unhealthy ,
- unholy ,
- unhygienic ,
- uninhibited ,
- unjust ,
- unjustifiable ,
- unjustified ,
- unkindly ,
- unlawful ,
- unlucky ,
- unmentionable ,
- unmoral ,
- unmorality ,
- unpalatable ,
- unpleasant ,
- unprepossessing ,
- unprincipled ,
- unpromising ,
- unprovoked ,
- unredeemable ,
- unreformable ,
- unregenerate ,
- unrestrained ,
- unrestraint ,
- unrighteous ,
- unrighteousness ,
- unsavory ,
- unscrupulous ,
- unscrupulousness ,
- unseemly ,
- unskillful ,
- unspeakable ,
- unsportsmanlike ,
- unsuitable ,
- unthinkable ,
- untoward ,
- untrustworthy ,
- unutterable ,
- unutterable sin ,
- unvirtuous ,
- unwholesome ,
- unworthiness ,
- unworthy ,
- venal ,
- venality ,
- venial sin ,
- very ,
- vexation ,
- viciously ,
- vile ,
- vileness ,
- villainy ,
- violate ,
- violence ,
- violent ,
- visitation ,
- vitiated ,
- voluptuous ,
- voluptuousness ,
- wanton ,
- wantonness ,
- warped ,
- waywardness ,
- weakness ,
- white elephant ,
- wickedly ,
- wild ,
- wily ,
- wise man ,
- woeful ,
- worry ,
- wrathful ,
- wretched ,
- wrongful ,
- wrongfulness ,
- wrongly ,
- yucky .
- Cloven-footed ,
- Hard-hearted ,
- Hellborn ,
- Teratoid ,
- Viperish ,
- anarchic ,
- anarchical ,
- anarchistic ,
- bad ,
- badly behaved ,
- baleful ,
- baneful ,
- blackhearted ,
- catty ,
- coldblooded ,
- counter-productive ,
- defying description ,
- demeritorious ,
- demonical ,
- destructive ,
- detrimental ,
- dickens ,
- differential ,
- dirty-minded ,
- flagitous ,
- godawful ,
- harmful baneful ,
- hateful ,
- head-strong ,
- hurtful ,
- ill-behaved ,
- ill-disposed ,
- ill-famed ,
- illomened ,
- irreverential ,
- mean ,
- morally wrong ,
- nasty ,
- nefarious ,
- non-compliant ,
- non-conformist ,
- pathological ,
- piratical ,
- recusant ,
- scoffing ,
- septic ,
- sinful ,
- sinister ,
- smart alecky ,
- spiteful ,
- toxiferous ,
- un-hallowed ,
- un-regenerate ,
- un-sanctified ,
- unpeaceful ,
- unsanctified ,
- vicious ,
- weisenheiming .
- BADS ,
- Crudities ,
- Depravation ,
- Downs ,
- Funguses ,
- Genocides ,
- Hydrae ,
- Hydras ,
- Veniality ,
- Waggeries ,
- abomination ,
- atrocity ,
- badness ,
- bile ,
- biles ,
- blot on landscape ,
- blot on the landscape ,
- boo-boo ,
- boo-boos ,
- booboo ,
- booboos ,
- crudity ,
- curse ,
- deformation ,
- deformations ,
- depravations ,
- depravity ,
- devilment ,
- dirty trick ,
- downgradings ,
- evil doing ,
- evil-doing ,
- extravagance ,
- failings ,
- fly in the ointment ,
- free living ,
- free-living ,
- fungi ,
- fungus ,
- funny business ,
- hatefulness ,
- high-living ,
- hydra ,
- immodesties ,
- immodesty ,
- impishness ,
- indelicacy ,
- infestation ,
- infestations ,
- life in fast lane ,
- life in the fast lane ,
- lubrici ,
- lubricities ,
- malevolence ,
- malice ,
- malignance ,
- mischief ,
- monstrosity ,
- peccantness ,
- plague ,
- prankishness ,
- roguishness ,
- ruthlessness ,
- scar ,
- self-gratification ,
- sinfulness ,
- snake in grass ,
- spitefulness ,
- thorn in side ,
- to hell in handbasket ,
- turpitude ,
- unseemliness ,
- vice ,
- vindictiveness ,
- vitiation ,
- waggery ,
- wickedness ,
- witherings ,
- wrongness .
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How to use "Evil" in context?
Evil is a complex and often misunderstood concept. It is often simply defined as the opposite of good, but that is not always the case. Evil can be defined as anything that is destructive or harmful, and can manifest itself in many different ways.
Most people understand evil as demons and monsters, but evil can exist in any form or shape. It can be a person or a system, and it can be small or large. Evil can be found in all aspects of our lives, from the simplest actions to the most devastating decisions.
Paraphrases for Evil:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
demonic, devilish, diabolic, diabolical, malicious, malign, nefarious, sinister, unholy, vile.
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Proper noun, singular
maleficent.
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Noun, singular or mass
iniquity, vile, wickedness.
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Adjective
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
evil-doer.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Adjective
abhorrent, adverse, appalling, criminal, deleterious, destructive, difficult, dire, disastrous, disgusting, draconian, dreadful, harm, harmful, hideous, horrendous, horrific, hurtful, inappropriate, inclement, infamous, infernal, iniquitous, insufferable, loathsome, lousy, malignant, mischievous, monstrous, obnoxious, odious, perverse, perverted, reprehensible, spiteful, undesirable, unpleasant.
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Noun, singular or mass
ailment, curse, darkness, harm, infamy, injustice, malady, menace, mischief, misfortune, perversion, plague, wrongdoing.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
abominable, awful, dastardly, despicable, foul, heinous, heretical, horrible, insidious, perfidious, pernicious, repugnant, sadistic, sinful, ugly, vicious.
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Noun, plural
Difficulties.
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Noun, singular or mass
affliction, difficulty, malice, nefarious, perversity, scourge, sickness, sin, viciousness, villain, evil-doing.
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Adjective
Homophones for Evil:
Hyponym for Evil:
n.
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evildoing, transgression.
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FEV
- Synonyms:
- bound bailiff.
