evil

B2
Pronunciation
/ˈivəl/
Noun
3 definition(s)
1 Definition

Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.

Example Sentences
  • Evil lacks spirituality, hence its need for mind control.
2 Definition

Something which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; something which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; harm; injury; mischief.

3 Definition

A malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil (scrofula).

Adjective
6 definition(s)
1 Definition

Intending to harm; malevolent.

Example Sentences
  • an evil plot to brainwash and even kill innocent people
2 Definition

Morally corrupt.

Example Sentences
  • Do you think that companies that engage in animal testing are evil?
3 Definition

Unpleasant, foul (of odour, taste, mood, weather, etc.).

4 Definition

Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous.

5 Definition

Having harmful qualities; not good; worthless or deleterious.

Example Sentences
  • an evil beast; an evil plant; an evil crop
6 Definition

Undesirable; harmful; bad practice

Example Sentences
  • Global variables are evil; storing processing context in object member variables allows those objects to be reused in a much more flexible way.
Adverb
3 definition(s)
1 Definition

Wickedly, evilly, iniquitously

2 Definition

Injuriously, harmfully; in a damaging way.

3 Definition

Badly, poorly; in an insufficient way.