English words for 'evilly or wickedly'
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adv
- evilly or wickedly
- to a severe or serious degree
- without skill or in a displeasing manner
- very much; strongly
- in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage
- unfavorably or with disapproval
- with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display
- (‘ill’ is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
- with great intensity (‘bad’ is a nonstandard variant for ‘badly’)
- in a disobedient or naughty way
- Very much; to a great degree.
- In a bad manner.
adj
adj
- Morally wrong or evil; wicked; perverted.
- Turned aside while against something, splitting off from a thing.
- Wayward; vexing; contrary.
- (law, of a verdict) Ignoring the evidence or the judge's opinions.
- Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable.
- resistant to guidance or discipline
- deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good
- marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict
noun
noun
- a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
- the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction
- A deliberate scoundrel.
- (poker) Any opponent player, especially a hypothetical player for example and didactic purposes. Compare: hero (“the current player”).
- A vile, wicked person.
- An extremely depraved person, or one capable or guilty of great crimes.
- (fiction) A character who has the role of being bad, especially antagonizing the hero; an antagonist who is also evil or malevolent.
adj
- stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
- Bad; evil; ill-omened.
- distributed or sold illicitly
- (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
- (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
- (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
- (of coffee) without cream or sugar
- soiled with dirt or soot
- extremely dark
- of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin
- (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
- offering little or no hope
- being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
- harshly ironic or sinister
- marked by anger or resentment or hostility
- (German politics) Related to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.
- (of objects or markets) Illegitimate, illegal, or disgraced.
- (of coffee or tea) Without any cream, milk, or creamer.
- (sometimes capitalized) Belonging to or descended from any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc.) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. (See usage notes below.)
- (politics) Of or pertaining to anarchism; anarchist.
- Clandestine; relating to a political, military, or espionage operation or site, the existence or details of which is withheld from the general public.
- (Ireland, now derogatory) Protestant, often with the implication of being militantly pro-British or anti-Catholic. (Compare blackmouth ("Presbyterian").)
- (typography) Said of a symbol or character that is solid, filled with color.
- (of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
- Having one or more features (hair, fur, armour, clothes, bark, etc.) that is dark (or black).
- (of a location or setting) Without light.
- (taxonomy, especially) Dark in comparison to another species with the same base name.
- Foul; dirty, soiled.
- (board games, chess) Of or relating to the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the "black" set (in chess, the set used by the player who moves second) (often regardless of the pieces' actual colour).
- Occult; relating to something (such as mystical or magical knowledge) which is unknown to or kept secret from the general public.
- (US, UK, South Africa) Belonging to or descended from any of various sub-Saharan African ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
- Expressing menace or discontent; threatening; sullen.
- (Singapore, Singlish, of someone's face) Sullen and solemn; bad-tempered and unhappy.
- (chiefly historical) Designated for use by those ethnic groups (as described above).
- (card games, of a card) Of the spades or clubs suits.
- (Ireland, informal) Overcrowded.
noun
- black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
- total absence of light
- the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
- (board games) the darker pieces
- (uncountable, informal) Blackness, the condition of belonging to or being descended from one of these ethnic groups.
- (countable and uncountable) A black dye or pigment.
- (firefighting) The blackened, burned-out area at the centre of a fire.
- (countable) A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment.
- (countable) Something, or a part of a thing, which is black.
- (countable, billiards, snooker, pool) The black ball.
- (countable, British) A type of firecracker that is really more dark brown in colour.
- (US, slang) Marijuana.
- (in the plural) Black cloth hung up at funerals.
- (countable, baseball) The edge of home plate.
- A dark smut fungus, harmful to wheat.
- (countable and uncountable) The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.
- (informal, chiefly UK, chiefly uncountable) Blackcurrant syrup or crème de cassis used for cocktails.
- (countable, sometimes capitalised, often offensive) A member or descendant of any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
- (countable, chess) The person playing with the black set of pieces.
verb
adj
- stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
- showing a brooding ill humor
- (used of color) having a dark hue
- brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)
- lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture
- causing dejection
- not giving performances; closed
- secret
- marked by difficulty of style or expression
- devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black
- Deprived of sight; blind.
- (gambling, of race horses) Having racing capability not widely known.
- (of colour) Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.
- (of a time period) Lacking progress in science or the arts.
- Ambiguously or unclearly expressed.
- (broadcasting, of a television station) Off the air; not transmitting.
- Transmitting, reflecting, or receiving inadequate light to render timely discernment or comprehension
- Extremely sad, depressing, or somber, typically due to, or marked by, a tragic or undesirable event.
- Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
- With emphasis placed on the unpleasant and macabre aspects of life; said of a work of fiction, a work of nonfiction presented in narrative form, or a portion of either.
- Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malevolent, malign.
- Conducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak.
- (of a source of light) Extinguished.
- Marked by or conducted with secrecy.
noun
- absence of light or illumination
- the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
- an unilluminated area
- absence of moral or spiritual values
- an unenlightened state
- A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.
- (uncountable) Nightfall.
- A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, etc.
- (uncountable) Ignorance.
verb
adj
- stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
- Evil or seemingly evil; indicating lurking danger or harm.
- threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
- on or starting from the wearer's left
- Inauspicious, ominous, unlucky, illegitimate (as in bar sinister).
- (heraldry) On the left side of a shield from the wearer's standpoint, and the right side to the viewer.
adj
- Evil or mischievous by nature; morally reprehensible.
- Harsh; severe.
- (slang) Excellent; awesome; masterful.
- Alternative form of wick, as applying to inanimate objects only.
- (British, dialect, chiefly Yorkshire) Infested with maggots.
- Having a wick.
- morally bad in principle or practice
- intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
- highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
- having committed unrighteous acts
- naughtily or annoyingly playful
verb
adj
- Extremely wicked or cruel.
- extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
- (slang) (Devilishly) cunning or devious.
- (slang) Crazy, wild (sometimes especially due to being unexpected or surprising).
- Of or concerning the devil: devilish, satanic.
- showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil
adj
- (sometimes childish) Evil; wicked.
- characterized by wickedness or immorality
- False; counterfeit; illegitimate.
- Not appropriate, of manners etc.
- (often childish) Not behaving; behaving badly; misbehaving; mischievous or disobedient.
- Not worth it.
- Not suitable or fitting.
- (Internet slang, sarcastic) Used without a copula to mock people who oppose something without having any real understanding of it.
- (chiefly in "bad boy", "bad girl", and similar phrases) Attractive due to (one's) rebellious nature.
- (informal, of a draft/check) Not covered by funds on account.
- (semantic change, amelioration, contranymic) Good, superlative, excellent, cool.
- (of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
- Harmful, especially unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.
- (US) Overly promiscuous, licentious.
- Bold, daring, and tough.
- (originally African-American Vernacular, of a woman) Very attractive; hot, sexy.
- (of a word, speech, or writing) Vulgar, obscene, or blasphemous.
- (of a need, want, or pain) Severe, urgent.
- Of poor physical appearance.
- Unskilled; of limited ability; not good.
- The injured or weak one of a pair of body parts, where the other one is healthy.
- (preceded by feel) Regretful, guilty, or ashamed.
- Of low quality.
- Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
- Faulty; not functional.
- (of breath) Malodorous; foul.
- Inaccurate; incorrect
- (chiefly applied to a person's state of health) Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.
- Unfavorable; negative; not good.
- feeling physical discomfort or pain (‘tough’ is occasionally used colloquially for ‘bad’)
- not working properly
- (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
- capable of harming
- reproduced fraudulently
- serious or severe
- nonstandard
- not financially safe or secure
- not capable of being collected
- having undesirable or negative qualities
- feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
- below average in quality or performance
- physically unsound or diseased
adv
intj
noun
verb
noun
- an act of extreme wickedness
- the quality of extreme wickedness
- vastness of size or extent
- the quality of being outrageous
- (uncountable) Deviation from moral normality; extreme wickedness, nefariousness, or cruelty.
- (uncountable, sometimes proscribed) Great size; enormousness, hugeness, immenseness.
- (countable) A breach of law or morality; a transgression, an act of evil or wickedness.
adj
- extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
- Diabolical or fiendish.
- characteristic of or resembling Hell
- expletives used informally as intensifiers
- of or pertaining to or characteristic of a very uncontrolled and intense fire
- being of the underworld
- (by extension) Of or relating to a fire or inferno.
- Stygian, gloomy.
- Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.
- (as an expletive) Very annoying; damned.
noun
adj
adv
noun
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) The figure or character representing, or having the shape of, zero.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Not any quantity of number; zero; the score of no points in a game.
- A thing or person of no worth or value; nil.
- Nothing; something which does not exist.
- a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
pron
verb
noun
- a specific form of evildoing
- a holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place
- moral weakness
- (Commonwealth) Alternative spelling of vise (“mechanical screw apparatus used for clamping”).
- One who acts in place of a superior.
- A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness.
- (law) Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to weapons, prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, or drugs.
- Bad or immoral behaviour.
- A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.
- (law enforcement, slang) Clipping of vice squad.
- (architecture) A winding or spiral staircase.
adj
verb
adj
- Cruel, mean or immoral.
- Bad or terrible.
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, slang) Very drunk, intoxicated.
- Of perishable items, overridden with bacteria and other infectious agents.
- Of stone or rock, crumbling or friable; in a loose or disintegrated state.
- In a state of decay.
- damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless
- having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness
- very bad
adv
noun
noun
- a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
- the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction
- A deliberate scoundrel.
- (poker) Any opponent player, especially a hypothetical player for example and didactic purposes. Compare: hero (“the current player”).
- A vile, wicked person.
- An extremely depraved person, or one capable or guilty of great crimes.
- (fiction) A character who has the role of being bad, especially antagonizing the hero; an antagonist who is also evil or malevolent.
noun
- an act of extreme wickedness
- the quality of extreme wickedness
- vastness of size or extent
- the quality of being outrageous
- (uncountable) Deviation from moral normality; extreme wickedness, nefariousness, or cruelty.
- (uncountable, sometimes proscribed) Great size; enormousness, hugeness, immenseness.
- (countable) A breach of law or morality; a transgression, an act of evil or wickedness.
noun
- a specific form of evildoing
- a holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place
- moral weakness
- (Commonwealth) Alternative spelling of vise (“mechanical screw apparatus used for clamping”).
- One who acts in place of a superior.
- A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness.
- (law) Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to weapons, prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, or drugs.
- Bad or immoral behaviour.
- A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.
- (law enforcement, slang) Clipping of vice squad.
- (architecture) A winding or spiral staircase.
adj
verb
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adv
- evilly or wickedly
- to a severe or serious degree
- without skill or in a displeasing manner
- very much; strongly
- in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage
- unfavorably or with disapproval
- with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display
- (‘ill’ is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
- with great intensity (‘bad’ is a nonstandard variant for ‘badly’)
- in a disobedient or naughty way
- Very much; to a great degree.
- In a bad manner.
adj
adj
- Morally wrong or evil; wicked; perverted.
- Turned aside while against something, splitting off from a thing.
- Wayward; vexing; contrary.
- (law, of a verdict) Ignoring the evidence or the judge's opinions.
- Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable.
- resistant to guidance or discipline
- deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good
- marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict
adj
- stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
- Bad; evil; ill-omened.
- distributed or sold illicitly
- (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
- (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
- (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
- (of coffee) without cream or sugar
- soiled with dirt or soot
- extremely dark
- of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin
- (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
- offering little or no hope
- being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
- harshly ironic or sinister
- marked by anger or resentment or hostility
- (German politics) Related to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.
- (of objects or markets) Illegitimate, illegal, or disgraced.
- (of coffee or tea) Without any cream, milk, or creamer.
- (sometimes capitalized) Belonging to or descended from any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc.) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. (See usage notes below.)
- (politics) Of or pertaining to anarchism; anarchist.
- Clandestine; relating to a political, military, or espionage operation or site, the existence or details of which is withheld from the general public.
- (Ireland, now derogatory) Protestant, often with the implication of being militantly pro-British or anti-Catholic. (Compare blackmouth ("Presbyterian").)
- (typography) Said of a symbol or character that is solid, filled with color.
- (of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
- Having one or more features (hair, fur, armour, clothes, bark, etc.) that is dark (or black).
- (of a location or setting) Without light.
- (taxonomy, especially) Dark in comparison to another species with the same base name.
- Foul; dirty, soiled.
- (board games, chess) Of or relating to the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the "black" set (in chess, the set used by the player who moves second) (often regardless of the pieces' actual colour).
- Occult; relating to something (such as mystical or magical knowledge) which is unknown to or kept secret from the general public.
- (US, UK, South Africa) Belonging to or descended from any of various sub-Saharan African ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
- Expressing menace or discontent; threatening; sullen.
- (Singapore, Singlish, of someone's face) Sullen and solemn; bad-tempered and unhappy.
- (chiefly historical) Designated for use by those ethnic groups (as described above).
- (card games, of a card) Of the spades or clubs suits.
- (Ireland, informal) Overcrowded.
noun
- black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
- total absence of light
- the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
- (board games) the darker pieces
- (uncountable, informal) Blackness, the condition of belonging to or being descended from one of these ethnic groups.
- (countable and uncountable) A black dye or pigment.
- (firefighting) The blackened, burned-out area at the centre of a fire.
- (countable) A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment.
- (countable) Something, or a part of a thing, which is black.
- (countable, billiards, snooker, pool) The black ball.
- (countable, British) A type of firecracker that is really more dark brown in colour.
- (US, slang) Marijuana.
- (in the plural) Black cloth hung up at funerals.
- (countable, baseball) The edge of home plate.
- A dark smut fungus, harmful to wheat.
- (countable and uncountable) The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.
- (informal, chiefly UK, chiefly uncountable) Blackcurrant syrup or crème de cassis used for cocktails.
- (countable, sometimes capitalised, often offensive) A member or descendant of any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
- (countable, chess) The person playing with the black set of pieces.
verb
adj
- stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
- showing a brooding ill humor
- (used of color) having a dark hue
- brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)
- lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture
- causing dejection
- not giving performances; closed
- secret
- marked by difficulty of style or expression
- devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black
- Deprived of sight; blind.
- (gambling, of race horses) Having racing capability not widely known.
- (of colour) Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.
- (of a time period) Lacking progress in science or the arts.
- Ambiguously or unclearly expressed.
- (broadcasting, of a television station) Off the air; not transmitting.
- Transmitting, reflecting, or receiving inadequate light to render timely discernment or comprehension
- Extremely sad, depressing, or somber, typically due to, or marked by, a tragic or undesirable event.
- Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
- With emphasis placed on the unpleasant and macabre aspects of life; said of a work of fiction, a work of nonfiction presented in narrative form, or a portion of either.
- Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malevolent, malign.
- Conducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak.
- (of a source of light) Extinguished.
- Marked by or conducted with secrecy.
noun
- absence of light or illumination
- the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
- an unilluminated area
- absence of moral or spiritual values
- an unenlightened state
- A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.
- (uncountable) Nightfall.
- A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, etc.
- (uncountable) Ignorance.
verb
adj
- stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
- Evil or seemingly evil; indicating lurking danger or harm.
- threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
- on or starting from the wearer's left
- Inauspicious, ominous, unlucky, illegitimate (as in bar sinister).
- (heraldry) On the left side of a shield from the wearer's standpoint, and the right side to the viewer.
adj
- Evil or mischievous by nature; morally reprehensible.
- Harsh; severe.
- (slang) Excellent; awesome; masterful.
- Alternative form of wick, as applying to inanimate objects only.
- (British, dialect, chiefly Yorkshire) Infested with maggots.
- Having a wick.
- morally bad in principle or practice
- intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
- highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
- having committed unrighteous acts
- naughtily or annoyingly playful
verb
adj
- Extremely wicked or cruel.
- extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
- (slang) (Devilishly) cunning or devious.
- (slang) Crazy, wild (sometimes especially due to being unexpected or surprising).
- Of or concerning the devil: devilish, satanic.
- showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil
adj
- (sometimes childish) Evil; wicked.
- characterized by wickedness or immorality
- False; counterfeit; illegitimate.
- Not appropriate, of manners etc.
- (often childish) Not behaving; behaving badly; misbehaving; mischievous or disobedient.
- Not worth it.
- Not suitable or fitting.
- (Internet slang, sarcastic) Used without a copula to mock people who oppose something without having any real understanding of it.
- (chiefly in "bad boy", "bad girl", and similar phrases) Attractive due to (one's) rebellious nature.
- (informal, of a draft/check) Not covered by funds on account.
- (semantic change, amelioration, contranymic) Good, superlative, excellent, cool.
- (of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
- Harmful, especially unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.
- (US) Overly promiscuous, licentious.
- Bold, daring, and tough.
- (originally African-American Vernacular, of a woman) Very attractive; hot, sexy.
- (of a word, speech, or writing) Vulgar, obscene, or blasphemous.
- (of a need, want, or pain) Severe, urgent.
- Of poor physical appearance.
- Unskilled; of limited ability; not good.
- The injured or weak one of a pair of body parts, where the other one is healthy.
- (preceded by feel) Regretful, guilty, or ashamed.
- Of low quality.
- Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
- Faulty; not functional.
- (of breath) Malodorous; foul.
- Inaccurate; incorrect
- (chiefly applied to a person's state of health) Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.
- Unfavorable; negative; not good.
- feeling physical discomfort or pain (‘tough’ is occasionally used colloquially for ‘bad’)
- not working properly
- (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
- capable of harming
- reproduced fraudulently
- serious or severe
- nonstandard
- not financially safe or secure
- not capable of being collected
- having undesirable or negative qualities
- feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
- below average in quality or performance
- physically unsound or diseased
adv
intj
noun
verb
adj
- extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
- Diabolical or fiendish.
- characteristic of or resembling Hell
- expletives used informally as intensifiers
- of or pertaining to or characteristic of a very uncontrolled and intense fire
- being of the underworld
- (by extension) Of or relating to a fire or inferno.
- Stygian, gloomy.
- Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.
- (as an expletive) Very annoying; damned.
noun
adj
adv
noun
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) The figure or character representing, or having the shape of, zero.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Not any quantity of number; zero; the score of no points in a game.
- A thing or person of no worth or value; nil.
- Nothing; something which does not exist.
- a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
pron
verb
adj
- Cruel, mean or immoral.
- Bad or terrible.
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, slang) Very drunk, intoxicated.
- Of perishable items, overridden with bacteria and other infectious agents.
- Of stone or rock, crumbling or friable; in a loose or disintegrated state.
- In a state of decay.
- damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless
- having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness
- very bad