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Evil vs. Wicked

Evil and Wicked Definitions

Evil

Morally bad or wrong; wicked
An evil tyrant.

Wicked

Evil or immoral
"this wicked man Hitler, the repository and embodiment of many forms of soul-destroying hatred" (Winston S. Churchill).

Evil

Causing ruin, injury, or pain; harmful
The evil effects of a poor diet.

Wicked

Playfully malicious or mischievous
A wicked prank.
A critic's wicked wit.

Evil

Characterized by or indicating future misfortune; ominous
Evil omens.

Wicked

Severe and distressing
A wicked cough.
A wicked gash.
Wicked driving conditions.
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Evil

Bad or blameworthy by report; infamous
An evil reputation.

Wicked

Highly offensive; obnoxious
A wicked stench.

Evil

Characterized by anger or spite; malicious
An evil temper.

Wicked

(Slang) Strikingly good, effective, or skillful
A wicked curve ball.
A wicked imitation.

Evil

The quality of being morally bad or wrong; wickedness.

Wicked

Used as an intensive
"a ... body suit, which she describes as wicked comfortable" (Nathan Cobb).
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Evil

That which causes harm, misfortune, or destruction
A leader's power to do both good and evil.

Wicked

Evil or mischievous by nature.
Genuine cowards follow wicked people and cannot reliably sustain any virtue.

Evil

An evil force, power, or personification.

Wicked

(slang) Excellent; awesome; masterful.
That was a wicked guitar solo, bro!

Evil

Something that is a cause or source of suffering, injury, or destruction
The social evils of poverty and injustice.

Wicked

Having a wick.
A two-wicked lamp
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Evil

In an evil manner.

Wicked

Active; brisk.

Evil

Intending to harm; malevolent.
An evil plot to brainwash and even kill innocent people

Wicked

Infested with maggots.

Evil

Morally corrupt.
If something is evil, it is never mandatory.
Do you think that companies that engage in animal testing are evil?

Wicked

Alternative form of wick, as applying to inanimate objects only.

Evil

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

Wicked

Very, extremely.
The band we went to see the other night was wicked loud!

Evil

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

Wicked

Simple past tense and past participle of wick

Evil

(obsolete) Having harmful qualities; not good; worthless or deleterious.
An evil beast; an evil plant; an evil crop

Wicked

Having a wick; - used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wicked lamp.

Evil

Undesirable; harmful; bad practice.
Global variables are evil; storing processing context in object member variables allows those objects to be reused in a much more flexible way.

Wicked

Evil in principle or practice; deviating from morality; contrary to the moral or divine law; addicted to vice or sin; sinful; immoral; profligate; - said of persons and things; as, a wicked king; a wicked woman; a wicked deed; wicked designs.
Hence, then, and evil go with thee along,Thy offspring, to the place of evil, hell,Thou and thy wicked crew!
Never, never, wicked man was wise.

Evil

Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.
The evils of society include murder and theft.
Evil lacks spirituality, hence its need for mind control.

Wicked

Cursed; baneful; hurtful; bad; pernicious; dangerous.
This were a wicked way, but whoso had a guide.

Evil

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.

Wicked

Ludicrously or sportively mischievous; disposed to mischief; roguish.
Pen looked uncommonly wicked.

Evil

(obsolete) A malady or disease; especially in combination, as in king's evil, colt evil.

Wicked

Morally bad in principle or practice

Evil

(obsolete) wickedly, evilly, iniquitously

Wicked

Having committed unrighteous acts;
A sinful person

Evil

(obsolete) injuriously, harmfully; in a damaging way.

Wicked

Intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality;
Severe pain
A severe case of flu
A terrible cough
Under wicked fire from the enemy's guns
A wicked cough

Evil

(obsolete) badly, poorly; in an insufficient way.
It went evil with him.

Wicked

Morally bad or wrong;
Evil purposes
An evil influence
Evil deeds

Evil

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.
A good tree can not bring forth evil fruit.

Wicked

Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust;
A disgusting smell
Distasteful language
A loathsome disease
The idea of eating meat is repellent to me
Revolting food
A wicked stench

Evil

Having or exhibiting bad moral qualities; morally corrupt; wicked; wrong; vicious; as, evil conduct, thoughts, heart, words, and the like.
Ah, what a sign it is of evil life,When death's approach is seen so terrible.

Evil

Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous; as, evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days.
Because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel.
The owl shrieked at thy birth - an evil sign.
Evil news rides post, while good news baits.
It almost led him to believe in the evil eye.

Evil

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.
Evils which our own misdeeds have wrought.
The evil that men do lives after them.

Evil

Moral badness, or the deviation of a moral being from the principles of virtue imposed by conscience, or by the will of the Supreme Being, or by the principles of a lawful human authority; disposition to do wrong; moral offence; wickedness; depravity.
The heart of the sons of men is full of evil.

Evil

Malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil, the scrofula.
He [Edward the Confessor] was the first that touched for the evil.

Evil

In an evil manner; not well; ill; badly; unhappily; injuriously; unkindly.
It went evil with his house.
The Egyptians evil entreated us, and affected us.

Evil

Morally objectionable behavior

Evil

That which causes harm or destruction or misfortune;
The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones

Evil

The quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice;
Attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world

Evil

Morally bad or wrong;
Evil purposes
An evil influence
Evil deeds

Evil

Having the nature of vice

Evil

Tending to cause great harm

Evil

Having or exerting a malignant influence;
Malevolent stars
A malefic force

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