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evil

('/i/v/@/l )

morally bad or wrong(adj.all)

Example:
Evil purposes.
An evil influence.
Evil deeds.

Antonym:
good

source: wordnet30
Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious; poor; as, an evil beast; and evil plant; an evil crop.(adjective)

source: webster1913

morally objectionable behavior(noun.act)

Synonym:
immorality, iniquity, wickedness

source: wordnet30
that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune(noun.attribute)

Example:
The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.

source: wordnet30
the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice(noun.attribute)

Example:
Attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world.

Synonym:
evilness
Antonym:
good, goodness

source: wordnet30
Anything which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; anything which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; injury; mischief; harm; -- opposed to good.(noun)

source: webster1913

In an evil manner; not well; ill; badly; unhappily; injuriously; unkindly.(adverb)

source: webster1913

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