Evil

/ˈiː.vəl/

Synonyms for "evil" (481 found)

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Closest matches (97)

Noun(4 words)

Adjective(12 words)

abandoned arrant badbad applebad seedbaleful baneful base dark deleterious depraved despicable

aberrant abnormal abominable abomination accursed ado affliction agony amiss amorality angry anguish annoyance anxiety apocalyptic arrant atrocious atrocity awful backsliding

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bad badness baleful bane baneful base baseness befoulment besetmentbete noirebitchy black blamable blameworthy blasphemous blight bodeful boding bother breach bugbear burden calamitous calamitycan of wormscarnality cataclysm catastrophe catastrophic catty corrupt corruption crimecrime against humanitycriminal criminality crookedcrushing burdencrying evilcurse damage damaging damnable dark deadlydeadly sindeath debt defilement degeneracy degradation deleterious delinquency delinquent depraved depravity dereliction despiteful despoliation

Adjective(2 words)

blacker blackest

Strong matches (144)

destruction destructive detriment detrimental deviant devilry deviltry diablerie diabolism difficult dire dirty disadvantage disagreeable disaster disastrous disease disgrace disgraceful disgusting

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Noun(13 words)

destructive devil diabolic evilness fiend fiendish harm harmful ills immoral immorality iniquity injustice

Adjective(15 words)

detrimental devilish diabolical facinorous flagitious harmful heinous ill-intentioned ill-natured immoral incorrigible iniquitous iniquous injurious knavish

Adjective(1 words)

foulest

Related words (240)

low lowering malefaction malefic maleficence maleficent malevolent malfeasance malign malignant malum matter menacing mephiticminor wrongmischief mischievous mischievousness misconduct miscreant

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misdeed misdemeanor misery misfeasance misfortune monstrousmoral delinquencymortal sinnasty naughty nefarious nefariousness nemesis nonfeasancenot donenot the thingnoxious obliquity obsceneof evil portentoff baseoff coloroff-base off-color offense offensive ominous omissionopen woundout of lineout-of-lineoutrage outrageous pain peccability peccadillo peccancy peccantpeck of troublesperfidious pernicious perverted pest pestilence pestilential plague poison poisonous pollution portending portentous prejudicial problem prodigality profligacy profligate putrid rancorous rank recidivism repellent reprehensible reprobacy reprobate repugnant repulsive revolting rotten ruin ruinousrunning soresacrilegious satanism scandal scandalous scourgesea of troublesserpentine set shame shameful shameless sinsin of commissionsin of omissionsinfulsinful actsinfulness sinister slipsnake in the grasssomber sorrow spiteful stinking suffering terriblethe worstthorn threatening torment tort toxic toxin traitorous transgression treacherous trespass trip trouble trying turpitude typhon ugly unangelicalness unchastity uncleanness unconscionable underhanded undue unfavorable unfit unfitting unforgivable unfortunate ungodliness ungoodness unhealthy unkind unlawful unlucky unmorality unpardonable unpleasant unprincipled unpromising unpropitious unrighteous unrighteousness unsaintliness unscrupulous unseemly unskillful unspeakable unsuitable untowardunutterable sinunvirtuousness unworthyvenial sinvenom vexation vice vicious viciousness vile vileness villainous villainy virulent visitation wantonness waywardness wicked wickedness woe woeful worry wrathful wrong wrongdoing wrongful

Adjective(29 words)

malefic maleficent malevolent malicious malign malignant nefarious niddering nidering niding nithing no-good peccaminous pernicious reprehensible reprobate satanic scathful sinful sinister

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sordid sullen ungodly unholy vicious vile villainous wicked wrong

Adjective(8 words)

malefic malevolent malign rottenestugly ogrevicious wickeder wickedest

Noun(11 words)

malevolent malicemalicious programmalignant malus misfortune nefariousold norse illrpernicious villainy wicked

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

15 entries

bad badness dangerousness evildoingharmful qualityimmoralitymoral categorymoral evaluationmoral wrongmythic traitmythical entitysocial illsupernatural beingsupernatural concepttransgression

More specific

18 entries

cruelty demon demonic destructive devil diabolic diabolical fiend fiendish genocide nefarious oppression pernicious poverty toxic tyranny

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Collocations

11 entries

evil deedevil forceevil grinevil influenceevil intentevil spiritgreat evilmoral evilpersonal evilpolitical evilsystemic evil

Inflections

3 entries

evilsmore evilmost evil

Derivations

5 entries

evil-minded evildoer evildoing evilly evilness

Antonyms

2 entries

good

similar

36 entries

atrocious bad black corruptive dark demonic despicable devilish diabolic diabolical evil-minded fiendish flagitious grievous hellish immoral

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Sample sentences

46 total sentences available.

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That was an evil bunny.

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Do you know good from evil?

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Money is the root of all evil.

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Competition is not by nature evil.

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