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Devilry

Conduct suitable to the devil; extreme wickedness; deviltry.

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Blaze 76% connected

A stream of gas or vapor emitting light and heat in the process of combustion; a bright flame.

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Hell 76% connected

The place of the dead, or of souls after death; the grave; -- called in Hebrew sheol, and by the Greeks hades.

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Vandalism 76% connected

The spirit or conduct of the Vandals; ferocious cruelty; hostility to the arts and literature, or willful destruction or defacement of their monument…

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Evil 76% connected

Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious…

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Immorality 76% connected

The state or quality of being immoral; vice.

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Iniquity 76% connected

Absence of, or deviation from, just dealing; want of rectitude or uprightness; gross injustice; unrighteousness; wickedness; as, the iniquity of brib…

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Misbehavior 76% connected

Improper, rude, or uncivil behavior; ill conduct.

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Misdeed 76% connected

An evil deed; a wicked action.

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Wickedness 76% connected

The quality or state of being wicked; departure from the rules of the divine or the moral law; evil disposition or practices; immorality; depravity;…

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Mischievous 74% connected

Causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; -- now often applied where the evil is done carelessly or in sport; as, a mischievous child.

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Mischievous 74% connected

Causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; -- now often applied where the evil is done carelessly or in sport; as, a mischievous child.

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Devilment 92% connected

Deviltry.

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Deviltry 92% connected

Diabolical conduct; malignant mischief; devilry.

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Mischief 92% connected

Harm; damage; esp., disarrangement of order; trouble or vexation caused by human agency or by some living being, intentionally or not; often, calamit…

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Mischief-making 92% connected

Causing harm; exciting enmity or quarrels.

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Rascality 92% connected

The quality or state of being rascally, or a rascal; mean trickishness or dishonesty; base fraud.

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Roguery 92% connected

The life of a vargant.

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