evil
Intending to harm; malevolent.
Adjective 4 meanings
Intending to harm; malevolent.
“an evil plot to brainwash and even kill innocent people”
Morally corrupt.
“If something is evil, it is never mandatory.”
Unpleasant, foul (of odor, taste, mood, weather, etc.).
Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous.
Noun 2 meanings
Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.
“The evils of society include murder and theft.”
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.
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EVIL at a glance
EVIL has 4 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (E 1 + V 4 + I 1 + L 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,811 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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