Evil

//ˈiː.vəl//

Synonyms for "evil" (468 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (94)

Strong matches (140)

depraveddepravityderelictiondespicabledespitefuldespoliationdestructiondestructivedetrimentdetrimentaldeviantdevilrydeviltrydiableriediabolicdiabolicaldiabolismdifficultdiredirty
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disadvantagedisagreeabledisasterdisastrousdiseasedisgracedisgracefuldisgustingdishonestdishonorabledistastefuldoomfuldrawbackdreadfuldrearyenormityerrorevil doerevil mindedevil natureevil-mindedevil-starredevildoingevilnessexecrablefailurefatefulfaultfeloniousfelonyfetidfiendishflagitiousnessflagrantfly in the ointmentforebodingfoulfoulnessgenocideghastlygloomygodlessgreat adogrievancegrimgrislyguilty acthardhardly the thingharmharmfulhatehatefulhavocheadacheheavy sinheinousheinousnesshideoushorriblehorridhurthurtfulignominiousill-bodingill-fatedill-omenedill-starredillegalimmoralimmoralityimproperimproprietyimpureimpurityinaccurateinappropriateinauspiciousinconvenienceincorrectindecorousindiscretioninexpedientinexpiable sininfamousinfamyinfectioninfelicitousinferiorinfernalinflictioniniquitousiniquityinjuriousinjuryinjusticeinsidiousinvalidknavery

Related words (234)

knavishlapselethalloathsomelokilowloweringmalefactionmaleficencemaleficentmalfeasancemaliciousmalignmalignantmalummattermeanmenacingmephistopheleanmephitic
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minor wrongmischiefmischievousmischievousnessmisconductmiscreantmisdeedmisdemeanormiserymisfeasancemisfortunemonstrousmoral delinquencymortal sinnastynefariousnessnemesisnonfeasancenot donenot the thingnoxiousobliquityobsceneof evil portentoff baseoff coloroff-baseoff-coloroffenseoffensiveominousomissionopen woundout of lineout-of-lineoutrageoutrageouspainpeccabilitypeccadillopeccancypeccantpeck of troublesperfidiousperniciouspervertedpestpestilencepestilentialplaguepoisonpoisonouspollutionportendingportentousprejudicialproblemprodigalityprofligacyprofligateputridrancorousrankrecidivismrepellentreprehensiblereprobacyreprobaterepugnantrepulsiverevoltingrottenruinruinousrunning soresacrilegioussatanismscandalscandalousscourgesea of troublesserpentinesetshameshamefulshamelesssinsin of commissionsin of omissionsinfulsinful actsinfulnessslipsnake in the grasssombersorrowspitefulstinkingsufferingterriblethe worstthornthreateningtormenttorttoxictoxintraitoroustransgressiontreacheroustrespasstriptroubletryingturpitudetyphonuglyunangelicalnessunchastityuncleannessunconscionableunderhandedundueunfavorableunfitunfittingunforgivableunfortunateungodlinessungoodnessunhealthyunkindunlawfulunluckyunmoralityunpardonableunpleasantunprincipledunpromisingunpropitiousunrighteousunrighteousnessunsaintlinessunscrupulousunseemlyunskillfulunspeakableunsuitableuntowardunutterable sinunvirtuousnessunworthyvenial sinvenomvexationviceviciousnessvilevilenessvillainousvillainyvirulentvisitationwantonnesswaywardnesswickednesswoewoefulworrywrathfulwrongwrongdoingwrongful

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1 entries

Antonyms

4 entries

Synonyms

9 entries

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1 entries

causes desire

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2 entries

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62 entries

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distinct from

3 entries

has context

3 entries

has property

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related to

81 entries

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similar

44 entries

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used for

1 entries

Translations

366 translations across 119 languages.

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Ancient Greek

4 entries
  • κακός adj (morally corrupt)
  • πονηρός adj (intending to harm)
  • πονηρός adj (morally corrupt)
  • κακία noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Arabic

4 entries
  • شرير adj (intending to harm)
  • شَرِير adj (intending to harm)
  • شَرِير adj (morally corrupt)
  • شِرِّير adj (intending to harm)

Armenian

4 entries
  • չար adj (intending to harm)
  • չար adj (morally corrupt)
  • չարիք noun (moral badness, wickedness)
  • չարություն noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Asturian

2 entries
  • malu adj (intending to harm)
  • malváu adj (morally corrupt)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • şər noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Basque

1 entries
  • gaizto adj (intending to harm)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • злы adj (intending to harm)
  • зло noun (moral badness, wickedness)
  • лі́ха noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • зъл adj (intending to harm)
  • лош adj (intending to harm)
  • поро́чен adj (morally corrupt)
  • зло noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Burmese

2 entries
  • မကောင်းမှု noun (moral badness, wickedness)
  • အကုသိုလ် noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Catalan

4 entries
  • dolent adj (intending to harm)
  • dolent adj (morally corrupt)
  • maliciós adj (intending to harm)
  • malvat adj (intending to harm)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • demonyo noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 惡質 /恶质 adj (intending to harm)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 凶狠 adj (intending to harm)
  • 壞的 /坏的 adj (intending to harm)
  • 邪惡的 /邪恶的 adj (intending to harm)
  • 惡 /恶 noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Chukchi

2 entries
  • анӈэнаԓьын adj (intending to harm)
  • нанӈэнаӄэн adj (intending to harm)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • зълъ adj (intending to harm)

Coptic

1 entries
  • ϩⲟⲟⲩ adj (intending to harm)

Czech

2 entries
  • zlý adj (intending to harm)
  • zlo noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Dalmatian

1 entries
  • mul noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Danish

4 entries
  • dårlig adj (intending to harm)
  • ond adj (intending to harm)
  • ond adj (morally corrupt)
  • skadelig adj (intending to harm)

Dutch

4 entries
  • boos adj (intending to harm)
  • boosaardig adj (intending to harm)
  • euvel adj (intending to harm)
  • kwaad adj (intending to harm)

Dzongkha

1 entries
  • མ་རུངས་པ noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Egyptian

2 entries
  • Dw-w-G36 adj (morally corrupt)
  • Dw-w-t:nDs noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • malbona adj (intending to harm)
  • malica adj (intending to harm)
  • malbono noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Estonian

4 entries
  • kuri adj (intending to harm)
  • paha adj (intending to harm)
  • kurjus noun (moral badness, wickedness)
  • pahe noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Faroese

2 entries
  • óndur adj (intending to harm)
  • óreinur adj (intending to harm)

Finnish

4 entries
  • häijy adj (intending to harm)
  • ilkeä adj (intending to harm)
  • ilkeä adj (morally corrupt)
  • paha adj (intending to harm)

French

4 entries
  • infâme adj (intending to harm)
  • malfaisant adj (morally corrupt)
  • maléfique adj (intending to harm)
  • mauvais adj (intending to harm)

Friulian

1 entries
  • mâl noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Galician

1 entries
  • mao adj (intending to harm)

Georgian

4 entries
  • ავი adj (intending to harm)
  • ბოროტი adj (intending to harm)
  • მავნე adj (intending to harm)
  • ბოროტება noun (moral badness, wickedness)

German

4 entries
  • böse adj (intending to harm)
  • übel adj (intending to harm)
  • Böse noun (moral badness, wickedness)
  • Übel noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Gothic

4 entries
  • 𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌻𐍃 adj (intending to harm)
  • 𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌻𐍃 adj (morally corrupt)
  • 𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌸 adj (intending to harm)
  • 𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌸 adj (morally corrupt)

Greek

4 entries
  • κακός adj (intending to harm)
  • κακός adj (morally corrupt)
  • φαύλος adj (morally corrupt)
  • κακία noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Haitian Creole

3 entries
  • mechan adj (intending to harm)
  • move adj (intending to harm)
  • mal noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • מרושע adj (intending to harm)
  • רע adj (intending to harm)
  • רשע adj (morally corrupt)

Higaonon

1 entries
  • madaut adj (intending to harm)

Hiligaynon

1 entries
  • malain adj (intending to harm)

Hindi

4 entries
  • दुष्ट adj (intending to harm)
  • दुष्ट adj (morally corrupt)
  • पापी adj (intending to harm)
  • बुरा adj (intending to harm)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • gonosz adj (intending to harm)
  • gonosz noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • ill f illt adj (intending to harm)
  • illur adj (intending to harm)
  • slæmur adj (intending to harm)
  • vondur adj (intending to harm)

Ido

2 entries
  • mala adj (intending to harm)
  • malo noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Ilocano

1 entries
  • balang adj (intending to harm)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • jahat adj (intending to harm)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • pakana adj (intending to harm)
  • pahhuus noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Interlingua

2 entries
  • mal adj (intending to harm)
  • malefic adj (intending to harm)

Italian

4 entries
  • cattivo adj (morally corrupt)
  • corrotto adj (morally corrupt)
  • demoniaco adj (intending to harm)
  • diabolico adj (intending to harm)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 悪い adj (intending to harm)
  • 邪心 adj (intending to harm)
  • 邪悪な adj (intending to harm)
  • 悪 noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Kannada

2 entries
  • ಕೆಟ್ಟ adj (intending to harm)
  • ದುಷ್ಠ adj (intending to harm)

Kazakh

4 entries
  • мейірімсіз adj (intending to harm)
  • қас adj (intending to harm)
  • жамандық noun (moral badness, wickedness)
  • жауыздық noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Khmer

4 entries
  • កាច adj (intending to harm)
  • ដែលខូចសីលធម adj (morally corrupt)
  • អាក្រក់ adj (intending to harm)
  • បាប noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Korean

4 entries
  • 사악하다 adj (intending to harm)
  • 악랄하다 adj (intending to harm)
  • 사악 noun (moral badness, wickedness)
  • 악 noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • жамандык noun (moral badness, wickedness)
  • кастык noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Laboya

2 entries
  • bokala adj (intending to harm)
  • japata adj (intending to harm)

Lao

3 entries
  • ຊົ່ວ adj (intending to harm)
  • ຄວາມຊົ່ວ noun (moral badness, wickedness)
  • ບາບ noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Latgalian

1 entries
  • ļauns adj (intending to harm)

Latin

3 entries
  • malignus adj (morally corrupt)
  • malus adj (intending to harm)
  • malum noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Latvian

3 entries
  • ļauns adj (intending to harm)
  • ļauns adj (morally corrupt)
  • ļaunums noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Limburgish

2 entries
  • euvel adj (intending to harm)
  • kwaod adj (intending to harm)

Lithuanian

3 entries
  • blogas adj (intending to harm)
  • piktas adj (intending to harm)
  • blogis noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • zły adj (intending to harm)

Luo

1 entries
  • rach adj (intending to harm)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • зол adj (intending to harm)
  • лош adj (intending to harm)
  • зло noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Malay

2 entries
  • jahat adj (intending to harm)
  • jahat noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • തിന്മ adj (intending to harm)
  • തിന്മ noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Maore Comorian

1 entries
  • ovu adj (intending to harm)

Marathi

4 entries
  • दुष्ट adj (intending to harm)
  • दुष्ट adj (morally corrupt)
  • वाईट adj (intending to harm)
  • दुष्टता noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Middle English

3 entries
  • yvel adj (intending to harm)
  • yvel adj (morally corrupt)
  • yvel noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Māori

2 entries
  • kino adj (morally corrupt)
  • kino noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Navajo

1 entries
  • doo yáʼáshǫ́ǫ da adj (intending to harm)

Neapolitan

1 entries
  • malo adj (intending to harm)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries
  • xirab adj (intending to harm)
  • xirab adj (morally corrupt)
  • xirabî noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • ond adj (intending to harm)
  • slem adj (intending to harm)
  • onde noun (moral badness, wickedness)
  • ondskap noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Occitan

1 entries
  • mal noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • maji adj (intending to harm)

Old East Slavic

2 entries
  • зъло noun (moral badness, wickedness)
  • лихо noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Old English

3 entries
  • yfel adj (intending to harm)
  • yfel adj (morally corrupt)
  • yfel noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • یامان adj (intending to harm)

Pashto

2 entries
  • بد noun (moral badness, wickedness)
  • شر noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Persian

4 entries
  • بدکار adj (intending to harm)
  • شرور adj (intending to harm)
  • شرورانه adj (morally corrupt)
  • فژ adj (morally corrupt)

Plautdietsch

4 entries
  • bees adj (intending to harm)
  • bees adj (morally corrupt)
  • iebel adj (intending to harm)
  • iebel adj (morally corrupt)

Polish

2 entries
  • zły adj (intending to harm)
  • zło noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • mal adj (morally corrupt)
  • malvado adj (intending to harm)
  • malvado adj (morally corrupt)
  • maléfico adj (intending to harm)

Quechua

1 entries
  • saqra adj (morally corrupt)

Romagnol

1 entries
  • cativ adj (intending to harm)

Romanian

4 entries
  • câinos adj (intending to harm)
  • decăzut adj (morally corrupt)
  • depravat adj (morally corrupt)
  • desfrânat adj (morally corrupt)

Russian

4 entries
  • злой adj (intending to harm)
  • поро́чный adj (morally corrupt)
  • зло noun (moral badness, wickedness)
  • ли́хо noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • पाप adj (morally corrupt)

Sardinian

4 entries
  • mabi noun (moral badness, wickedness)
  • mai noun (moral badness, wickedness)
  • male noun (moral badness, wickedness)
  • mali noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • aingidheachd adj (intending to harm)
  • olc adj (intending to harm)
  • truaighe adj (intending to harm)
  • urchaid adj (intending to harm)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • pòkvāren adj (morally corrupt)
  • zȁo adj (intending to harm)
  • за̏о adj (intending to harm)
  • по̀ква̄рен adj (morally corrupt)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • දුෂ්ට ඉතා නරක adj (intending to harm)

Slovak

3 entries
  • zlo adj (morally corrupt)
  • zlý adj (intending to harm)
  • zlo noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Slovene

3 entries
  • hudôben adj (intending to harm)
  • zèl adj (intending to harm)
  • zlò noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Spanish

4 entries
  • celerado adj (morally corrupt)
  • escelerado adj (morally corrupt)
  • malo adj (intending to harm)
  • malo adj (morally corrupt)

Swahili

1 entries
  • baya adj (intending to harm)

Swedish

4 entries
  • elak adj (intending to harm)
  • ond adj (intending to harm)
  • ond noun (moral badness, wickedness)
  • ondska noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • masama adj (intending to harm)

Tajik

3 entries
  • бадӣ noun (moral badness, wickedness)
  • шар noun (moral badness, wickedness)
  • шарр noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Tamil

1 entries
  • தீய adj (intending to harm)

Tatar

1 entries
  • явызлык noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Telugu

2 entries
  • దుష్ట adj (intending to harm)
  • దెయ్యం adj (intending to harm)

Thai

4 entries
  • ชั่ว adj (intending to harm)
  • ชั่วร้าย adj (intending to harm)
  • ความชั่วร้าย noun (moral badness, wickedness)
  • บาป noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Tocharian B

3 entries
  • yolo adj (intending to harm)
  • yolo adj (morally corrupt)
  • yolaiññe noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Tok Pisin

1 entries
  • nogut adj (morally corrupt)

Turkish

2 entries
  • kötü adj (intending to harm)
  • kötülük noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • ýamanlyk noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Tuvaluan

1 entries
  • amiomasei noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Tuvan

1 entries
  • бак adj (intending to harm)

Tày

2 entries
  • ác adj (intending to harm)
  • ác adj (morally corrupt)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • злий adj (intending to harm)
  • зло noun (moral badness, wickedness)
  • ли́хо noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Unami

1 entries
  • mèthìk noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • zły adj (intending to harm)

Urdu

3 entries
  • بَدی noun (moral badness, wickedness)
  • بُرائی noun (moral badness, wickedness)
  • شَر noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • sharr noun (moral badness, wickedness)
  • yomonlik noun (moral badness, wickedness)
  • yovuzlik noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • ác adj (intending to harm)
  • cái ác noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Volapük

3 entries
  • badik adj (intending to harm)
  • badik adj (morally corrupt)
  • bad noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Welsh

3 entries
  • abred adj (morally corrupt)
  • adwythig adj (morally corrupt)
  • drygioni noun (moral badness, wickedness)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • kwea noun (moral badness, wickedness)

White Hmong

2 entries
  • phem adj (morally corrupt)
  • qhov phem noun (moral badness, wickedness)

Sample sentences

46 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

That was an evil bunny.

Source: tatoeba (1289)

Do you know good from evil?

Source: tatoeba (17459)

Money is the root of all evil.

Source: tatoeba (18505)

Competition is not by nature evil.

Source: tatoeba (19269)

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