Evil: alternatives and connections

Extremely heinous; full of enormous wickedness; as, atrocious quilt or deeds.

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Extremely heinous; full of enormous wickedness; as, atrocious quilt or deeds.

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Bade.

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Bade.

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Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characte…

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Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characte…

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Having the quality of taining or vitiating; tending to produce corruption.

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Having the quality of taining or vitiating; tending to produce corruption.

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Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color…

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Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color…

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Of or pertaining to a demon or to demons; demoniac.

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Of or pertaining to a demon or to demons; demoniac.

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Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; as, a despicable man; despicable company; a despicable gift.

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Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; as, a despicable man; despicable company; a despicable gift.

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Resembling, characteristic of, or pertaining to, the devil; diabolical; wicked in the extreme.

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Resembling, characteristic of, or pertaining to, the devil; diabolical; wicked in the extreme.

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Alt. of Diabolical

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Alt. of Diabolical

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Pertaining to the devil; resembling, or appropriate, or appropriate to, the devil; devilish; infernal; impious; atrocious; nefarious; outrageously wi…

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Pertaining to the devil; resembling, or appropriate, or appropriate to, the devil; devilish; infernal; impious; atrocious; nefarious; outrageously wi…

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Having evil dispositions or intentions; disposed to mischief or sin; malicious; malignant; wicked.

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Having evil dispositions or intentions; disposed to mischief or sin; malicious; malignant; wicked.

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Like a fiend; diabolically wicked or cruel; infernal; malignant; devilish; hellish.

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Like a fiend; diabolically wicked or cruel; infernal; malignant; devilish; hellish.

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Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; shameful; -- said of acts, crimes, etc.

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Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; shameful; -- said of acts, crimes, etc.

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Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful.

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Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful.

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Of or pertaining to hell; like hell; infernal; malignant; wicked; detestable; diabolical.

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Of or pertaining to hell; like hell; infernal; malignant; wicked; detestable; diabolical.

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Of or pertaining to or suitable for the lower regions, inhabited, according to the ancients, by the dead; pertaining to Pluto's realm of the dead, th…

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Of or pertaining to or suitable for the lower regions, inhabited, according to the ancients, by the dead; pertaining to Pluto's realm of the dead, th…

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Doing evil to others; harmful; mischievous.

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Doing evil to others; harmful; mischievous.

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Pertaining to, or resembling, the devil Mephistopheles, "a crafty, scoffing, relentless fiend;" devilish; crafty.

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Pertaining to, or resembling, the devil Mephistopheles, "a crafty, scoffing, relentless fiend;" devilish; crafty.

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Marvelous; strange.

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Marvelous; strange.

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Tending to pervert.

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Tending to pervert.

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Pest-bearing; pestilential; noxious to health; malignant; infectious; contagious; as, pestiferous bodies.

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Pest-bearing; pestilential; noxious to health; malignant; infectious; contagious; as, pestiferous bodies.

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Alt. of Satanical

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Alt. of Satanical

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On the left hand, or the side of the left hand; left; -- opposed to dexter, or right.

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On the left hand, or the side of the left hand; left; -- opposed to dexter, or right.

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Of or pertaining to slime; resembling slime; of the nature of slime; viscous; glutinous; also, covered or daubed with slime; yielding, or abounding i…

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Of or pertaining to slime; resembling slime; of the nature of slime; viscous; glutinous; also, covered or daubed with slime; yielding, or abounding i…

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Offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; being of disagreeable or loathsome aspect; unsightly; repulsive; deformed.

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Offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; being of disagreeable or loathsome aspect; unsightly; repulsive; deformed.

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Not holy; unhallowed; not consecrated; hence, profane; wicked; impious.

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Not holy; unhallowed; not consecrated; hence, profane; wicked; impious.

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Not worthy; wanting merit, value, or fitness; undeserving; worthless; unbecoming; -- often with of.

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Not worthy; wanting merit, value, or fitness; undeserving; worthless; unbecoming; -- often with of.

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Low; base; worthless; mean; despicable.

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Low; base; worthless; mean; despicable.

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Having a wick; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wicked lamp.

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Having a wick; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wicked lamp.

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Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence, dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean; as, a worthless garment;…

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Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence, dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean; as, a worthless garment;…

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Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting.

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Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting.

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Bade.

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The state of being bad.

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The state or quality of being immoral; vice.

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The act of transgressing, or of passing over or beyond any law, civil or moral; the violation of a law or known principle of rectitude; breach of com…

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The quality or state of being baleful.

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Conduct suitable to the devil; extreme wickedness; deviltry.

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Diabolical conduct; malignant mischief; devilry.

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A wandering; a roving or irregular course.

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The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally, frailness; infirmity; weakness of resolution; liableness to be deceived or se…

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The state or quality of being irreverent; want of proper reverence; disregard of the authority and character of a superior.

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Evil doing, esp. to others.

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The quality or state of being malevolent; evil disposition toward another; inclination to injure others; ill will. See Synonym of Malice.

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Enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; a spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another; a disposition to injure another; a malignant design of…

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Alt. of Malignancy

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The state or quality of being malignant; extreme malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; as, malignancy of heart.

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The state or quality of being malignant; disposition to do evil; virulent enmity; malignancy; malice; spite.

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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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The quality or state of being perverse.

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The quality or state of being perverse; perverseness.

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The quality or state of being ugly.

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A defect; a fault; an error; a blemish; an imperfection; as, the vices of a political constitution; the vices of a horse.

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The quality or state of being a villain, or villainous; extreme depravity; atrocious wickedness; as, the villainy of the seducer.

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The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; the state of being violated.

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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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Bad, evil, or pernicious, in the highest degree, whether in a physical or moral sense. See Worse.

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Evil or wicked behavior or action.

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The condition or quality of being evil; badness; viciousness; malignity; vileness; as, evilness of heart; the evilness of sin.

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The condition or quality of being evil; badness; viciousness; malignity; vileness; as, evilness of heart; the evilness of sin.

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Alt. of Malignancy

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Alt. of Malignancy

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Bade.

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Bade.

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Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious; licenti…

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Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious; licenti…

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Of or pertaining to or suitable for the lower regions, inhabited, according to the ancients, by the dead; pertaining to Pluto's realm of the dead, th…

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Of or pertaining to or suitable for the lower regions, inhabited, according to the ancients, by the dead; pertaining to Pluto's realm of the dead, th…

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Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words.

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Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words.

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Not righteous; evil; wicked; sinful; as, an unrighteous man.

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Not righteous; evil; wicked; sinful; as, an unrighteous man.

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Having a wick; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wicked lamp.

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Having a wick; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wicked lamp.

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imp. of Wring. Wrung.

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imp. of Wring. Wrung.

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The condition or quality of being evil; badness; viciousness; malignity; vileness; as, evilness of heart; the evilness of sin.

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The condition or quality of being evil; badness; viciousness; malignity; vileness; as, evilness of heart; the evilness of sin.

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The condition or quality of being evil; badness; viciousness; malignity; vileness; as, evilness of heart; the evilness of sin.

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The state or quality of being immoral; vice.

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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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Doing mischief; causing harm or evil; nefarious; hurtful.

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Wishing evil; disposed to injure others; rejoicing in another's misfortune.

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Having an evil disposition toward others; harboring violent enmity; malevolent; malicious; spiteful; -- opposed to benign.

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Characterized by vice or defects; defective; faulty; imperfect.

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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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Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; ad…

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Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; ad…

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