evil — adj *bad, ill, wicked, naughty Analogous words: *base, low, vile: iniquitous, nefarious, flagitious, *vicious, villainous, infamous: *pernicious, baneful: *execrable, damnable Antonyms: exemplary: salutary … New Dictionary of Synonyms
evil — (adj.) O.E. yfel (Kentish evel) bad, vicious, ill, wicked, from P.Gmc. *ubilaz (Cf. O.Saxon ubil, O.Fris., M.Du. evel, Du. euvel, O.H.G. ubil, Ger. übel, Goth. ubils), from PIE *upelo , from root *wap (Cf. Hittite huwapp … Etymology dictionary
evil — [adj] sinful, immoral angry, atrocious, bad, baneful, base, beastly, calamitous, corrupt, damnable, depraved, destructive, disastrous, execrable, flagitious, foul, harmful, hateful, heinous, hideous, iniquitous, injurious, loathsome, low,… … New thesaurus
evil — adj. & n. adj. 1 morally bad; wicked. 2 harmful or tending to harm, esp. intentionally or characteristically. 3 disagreeable or unpleasant (has an evil temper). 4 unlucky; causing misfortune (evil days). n. 1 an evil thing; an instance of… … Useful english dictionary
evil eye — evil eyed, adj. 1. a look thought capable of inflicting injury or bad luck on the person at whom it is directed. 2. the power, superstitiously attributed to certain persons, of inflicting injury or bad luck by such a look. [bef. 1000; ME, OE] * * … Universalium
evil — [ē′vəl] adj. [ME ivel < OE yfel, akin to Ger übel < IE * upelo < base * upo , up from under > UP1, Sans upa, toward] 1. a) morally bad or wrong; wicked; depraved b) resulting from or based on conduct regarded as immoral [an evil… … English World dictionary
evil-minded — [ē′vəlmīn′did] adj. having an evil mind or disposition; specif., a) malicious or wicked b) habitually putting an evil interpretation, esp. a salacious or prurient one, on even innocent things evil mindedly adv. evil mindedness n … English World dictionary
evil-minded — evil mindedly, adv. evil mindedness, n. /ee veuhl muyn did/, adj. 1. having an evil disposition or harmful, malicious intentions. 2. disposed to construe words, phrases, etc., in a lascivious, lewd manner; salacious. [1525 35] * * * … Universalium
evil-minded — adj immoral and cruel, and likely to cause a lot of harm or damage ▪ an evil minded dictator … Dictionary of contemporary English
evil — adj 1. wicked, sinful, iniquitous, Archaic. facinorous, Obs. scelerous; nefarious, villainous, flagitious, heinous, infamous, Rare. nefast; blackhearted, sinister, arrant, ignoble; bad, base, vile, foul, low, mean, odious, obnoxious; abominable,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
evil-minded — adj 1. salacious, depraved, lewd, lascivious, licentious, lecherous, Archaic. lickerish; foul mouthed, dirty, smutty, obscene. 2. wicked, cruel, truculent, vicious; malicious, malevolent, malign, spiteful, bitter; ruthless, hateful, rancorous,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder