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Adjective
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Morally depraved
wicked
bad
wrong
wrongful
immoral
sinful
ungodly
unholy
foul
vile
base
ignoble
dishonorableUS
dishonourableUK
corrupt
iniquitous
depraved
degenerate
villainous
nefarious
sinister
vicious
malicious
malevolent
demonic
devilish
diabolic
diabolical
fiendish
dark
black-hearted
monstrous
shocking
despicable
atrocious
heinous
odious
contemptible
horrible
execrable
low-down
stinking
dirty
shady
warped
bent
rotten
unethical
unlawful
unrighteous
unsavoryUS
unsavouryUK
crooked
dastardly
reprobate
black
damnable
hateful
hellish
infernal
rancorous
satanic
spiteful
wrathful
egregious
flagitious
shadowy
peccable
morally wrong
bad-hearted
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“The lands belonged to an evil King who was extremely self-serving and cruel to the people who lived in the kingdom.”
Adjective
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Carrying an intent to harm
harmful
hurtful
injurious
detrimental
deleterious
inimical
bad
mischievous
pernicious
malignant
malign
baleful
venomous
noxious
poisonous
corrupting
subversive
baneful
calamitous
damaging
dangerous
ill
nocuous
prejudicial
disastrous
destructive
ruinous
malefic
maleficent
prejudicious
more ❯
“There is an evil undertone in his charming and sociable demeanor.”
Adjective
▲
(of a smell or sight) Extremely unpleasant, offensive or repugnant
unpleasant
disagreeable
nasty
horrible
foul
filthy
vile
inclement
abhorrent
abominable
appalling
awful
disgusting
distasteful
dreadful
fulsome
gross
hideous
horrendous
horrid
loathsome
nauseating
nauseous
noisome
obnoxious
obscene
offensive
rancid
repellant
repellent
repugnant
repulsive
revolting
scandalous
sickening
ugly
mephitic
pestilential
putrid
more ❯
“Did you just let off that evil and obnoxious smell in the elevator?”
Adjective
▲
Marked by something that makes conditions difficult or inconvenient
wet
rainy
stormy
squally
blustery
cold
freezing
foggy
“That was a truly evil storm that we had to brave in order to cross the border.”
Adjective
▲
Falling on hard or difficult times
unlucky
unfortunate
unfavorableUS
unfavourableUK
adverse
unhappy
disastrous
catastrophic
painful
ruinous
sorrowful
calamitous
unpropitious
inauspicious
dire
woeful
ominous
menacing
baleful
threatening
foreboding
direful
sinister
portentous
doomy
ill
ill-boding
minatory
bodeful
forbidding
more ❯
“She walked among the poor and desperate who had endured evil times under the reign of the despot.”
Adjective
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Contemptuously ridiculing or mocking someone or something
scoffing
sardonic
mocking
scornful
derisive
caustic
contemptuous
satirical
sneering
cynical
biting
disparaging
ironical
cutting
sharp
jeering
mordant
satiric
taunting
acerbic
trenchant
contumelious
arrogant
disrespectful
mean
offensive
bitter
acid
scorching
corrosive
salty
carping
backhanded
acerb
irascible
acrimonious
brusque
chaffing
needling
saucy
scurrilous
austere
captious
twitting
ornery
cussed
severe
weisenheiming
disillusioned
hostile
snarling
smart-alecky
more ❯
Noun
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A force deemed to be profoundly malevolent or morally corrupt in nature
wickedness
bad
badness
wrong
wrongdoing
sin
sinfulness
ungodliness
immorality
vice
iniquity
turpitude
degeneracy
vileness
baseness
perversion
corruption
depravity
villainy
nefariousness
atrocity
heinousness
maleficence
malevolence
malignity
viciousness
devilishness
shadiness
crookedness
devilry
diablerie
impiety
peccability
peccancy
more ❯
“There is an evil coming, and we are powerless to stop its impending charge towards us.”
Noun
▲
(count noun) Something which prevents a being from experiencing happiness or good in their lives, or inflicting harm
harm
pain
hurt
misery
sorrow
suffering
trauma
trouble
disaster
detriment
destruction
loss
misfortune
catastrophe
calamity
act of cruelty
affliction
brutality
cruelty
horror
mischief
woe
ruin
evildoing
hardship
ills
injury
adversity
damage
problem
more ❯
“Perhaps, in a twisted way, this necessary evil will serve as motivation to make the world a better place.”
Noun
▲
(count noun) The negative impact of an action or event
abomination
atrocity
obscenity
outrage
enormity
crime
monstrosity
barbarity
barbarism
torment
curse
bane
wrong
offenceUK
offenseUS
wrongdoing
abuse
brutality
act of savagery
act of brutality
horror
violation
scandal
injustice
villainy
affront
cruelty
act of violence
act of wickedness
act of cruelty
more ❯
“The underlying evil of his lies will soon be laid bare, and he will have nowhere to hide.”
Noun
▲
An indifference to suffering, or pleasure in inflicting suffering
cruelty
brutality
savagery
inhumanity
barbarity
heartlessness
viciousness
atrocity
ruthlessness
sadism
callousness
mercilessness
barbarousness
savageness
wickedness
fiendishness
harshness
atrociousness
barbarism
ferocity
hardheartedness
bloodthirstiness
pitilessness
wantonness
unkindness
brutishness
fierceness
inhumanness
cruelness
severity
heinousness
depravity
coldness
murderousness
truculence
baseness
iniquity
unfeelingness
abuse
spite
remorselessness
badness
nastiness
malice
meanness
ferity
coarseness
ferociousness
spitefulness
blackness
insensitiveness
persecution
despotism
devilishness
insensibility
malignity
masochism
rancourUK
rancorUS
relentlessness
torture
venom
inclemency
hostility
vindictiveness
violence
cold-bloodedness
ugliness
hard-heartedness
cold-heartedness
black-heartedness
lack of charity
lack of regard
lack of sympathy
blood lust
more ❯
Noun
▲
The property of being lewd
lewdness
indecency
vulgarity
impurity
obscenity
coarseness
smuttiness
bawdiness
smut
dirtiness
foulness
licentiousness
filthiness
profanity
debauchery
wantonness
grossness
lasciviousness
depravity
blueness
ribaldry
crudity
immorality
crudeness
dirt
profligacy
filth
raunchiness
impureness
nastiness
dissoluteness
raunch
vileness
salaciousness
lechery
pornography
prurience
salacity
wickedness
lustfulness
libidinousness
lubricity
unchastity
corruptness
lecherousness
carnality
scurrility
incontinence
rudeness
eroticism
fleshliness
villainy
offensiveness
voluptuousness
concupiscence
erotism
incontinency
pruriency
ruttishness
satyriasis
more ❯
Noun
▲
Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way
malice
spite
malevolence
bitterness
animosity
hatred
hostility
venom
enmity
spitefulness
antipathy
resentment
animus
hate
malignity
spleen
grudge
viciousness
maliciousness
rancorUS
rancourUK
nastiness
malignancy
meanness
malignance
cattiness
vindictiveness
hatefulness
dislike
gall
despite
cruelty
bile
repugnance
umbrage
wickedness
acerbity
vengefulness
poison
maleficence
devilry
devilment
evilness
revenge
despitefulness
backbiting
mordacity
mischievousness
implacability
malintent
ill will
ill feeling
bad blood
evil intentions
evil intent
more ❯
Noun
▲
A cause of great distress or misfortune
scourge
bane
affliction
curse
plague
blight
trial
nuisance
misery
torment
pest
misfortune
burden
menace
cancer
nemesis
torture
canker
suffering
pestilence
visitation
terror
punishment
infliction
penalty
cross to bear
bitter pill
thorn in the flesh
thorn in your side
trouble
more ❯
Noun
▲
Something or someone that one vehemently abhors or dislikes
anathema
abomination
abhorrence
outrage
aversion
bugbear
disgrace
bane
monstrosity
antipathy
detestation
execration
hate
pariah
enemy
loathing
bête noire
shame
plague
obscenity
barbarism
violation
bother
nuisance
eyesore
atrocity
enormity
crime
barbarity
torment
curse
Noun
▲
An event resulting in great loss
calamity
disaster
misfortune
catastrophe
tragedy
affliction
mishap
adversity
tribulation
setback
trial
blow
misadventure
hardship
accident
reverse
cataclysm
woe
distress
debacle
mischance
scourge
crisis
ruin
blight
wretchedness
apocalypse
cross
collapse
downfall
bale
wreck
waterloo
nakba
curtains
mischanter
reversal of fortune
stroke of bad luck
reverse of fortune
car crash
the worst
devastating blow
holy mess
unholy mess
blue ruin
more ❯
Noun
▲
An act, typically part of a systematic campaign, causing suffering or death on a large scale
crimes against humanityUK
crime against humanityUS
savagery
outrage
genocide
enormity
war crime
cannibalism
unjust imprisonment
use of WMDs
savageries
political repression
summary execution
unethical human experimentation
enslavement
dehumanisationUK
extrajudicial punishment
religious persecution
rape
torture
massacre
state terrorism
ethnic cleansing
dehumanizationUS
war crimes
holocaust
Noun
▲
(pathology) An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction
disease
disorder
illness
complaint
condition
sickness
affliction
ailment
malady
infection
infirmity
plague
upset
blight
bug
indisposition
trouble
cancer
canker
abnormality
affection
ail
contagion
debility
defect
disability
complication
decrepitude
epidemic
ill
lurgy
pestilence
scourge
virus
ache
bane
contamination
curse
distemper
distemperature
endemic
fever
pathosis
problem
sickliness
syndrome
attack
breakdown
Cancer
coath
collapse
convulsions
feebleness
fit
flu
haemorrhageUK
hemorrhageUS
inflammation
misery
rot
seizure
spell
stroke
unhealthiness
unsoundness
visitation
medical condition
silent killer
ill health
more ❯
Noun
▲
A negative consequence or downside of a given course of action
drawback
disadvantage
obstacle
snag
hindrance
impediment
handicap
difficulty
weakness
problem
hurdle
hitch
flaw
limitation
shortcoming
obstruction
catch
fault
downside
barrier
failing
complication
defect
imperfection
trouble
deficiency
hiccup
disbenefit
deterrent
minus
check
pitfall
inconvenience
liability
detriment
issue
curb
nuisance
lack
negative
debit
strike
incommodity
discouragement
disability
ill
damper
stumbling block
weak point
weak spot
fly in the ointment
spanner in the works
monkey wrench in the works
more ❯
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