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(adj)
Having an evil or harmful influence; baleful.
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Harmful or evil in intent or effect.
Malevolent.
Having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others.
Having evil thoughts or intentions.
(literary) Guilty of terrible crimes; wicked, criminal.
(n)
The state of being wicked; evil disposition; immorality.
Extremely wicked or cruel.
(uncountable) Deviation from what is right; gross injustice, sin, wickedness.
Evil or seemingly evil; indicating lurking danger or harm.
Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being immoral; vice.
Perverted or extremely wrong in a moral sense.
Not holy; (by extension) evil, impure, or otherwise perverted.
Evil or mischievous by nature; morally reprehensible.
Bad, evil or villainous.
Morally low; base; despicable.
Very bad; abominable, disgusting.
Tending to corrupt.
Tending to pervert.
Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing.
Hideous or frightful.
Of low quality.
Causing or likely to cause harm or damage; injurious.
Causing physical harm or injury; harmful, hurtful.
Violent, destructive and cruel.
Serious, grave, dire, or dangerous.
Not worthy; lacking value or merit; worthless.
(hyperbolic) causing great pain, discomfort or distress
(of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
Very difficult.
Wicked, evil.
Showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil.
(especially) Wicked; evil; cruel.
Pertaining to demons or evil spirits; demoniac.
Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.
Evil, fiendish, devilish or diabolical.
Alternative form of Mephistophelean. [Showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil.]
Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel.
Intending to do harm; characterized by spite and malice.
Sinful, villainous, criminal, or wicked, especially when noteworthy or notorious for such characteristics.
Harmful, malevolent, injurious.
Constituting a sin; morally or religiously wrong; wicked; evil.
Having a bad reputation; disreputable; notorious; unpleasant or evil; widely known, especially for something scornful.
Morally objectionable; sinful, wicked.
Under some divine harm, malady, or other curse.
A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone.
Bad or immoral behaviour.
Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to annoy or harm.
Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.
Full of hatred.
Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable.
Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.
A person who sins or has sinned.
The state of being infamous.
Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing.
The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.
Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion.
(theology) A violation of divine will or religious law.
Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.
The state of being perverted; depravity; vice.
(adv)
In a bad manner.
Deviating from what is normally considered right, normal or correct.
The quality of being perverse.
(colloquial) Remarkably bad; of poor quality.
Causing much harm in a subtle way.
(uncountable) An indifference to suffering or pleasure in inflicting suffering.
Intentionally causing or reveling in pain and suffering; merciless, heartless.
Extremely or shockingly ugly.
Very bad.
(uncountable) The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity.
(uncountable) Bad luck.
(uncountable) Violation of standards of behavior.
Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous.
Extremely bad; awful; terrible.
characterized by, or conducive to poor health
Not comfortable; causing discomfort.
In a state of misery: very sad, ill, or poor.
(uncountable) Savage or brutal behaviour; barbarity.
Characterized by or feeling deep affliction or distress; very miserable.
In the manner of a dastard; marked by cowardice; pusillanimous.
Extremely offensive or unpleasant; very annoying, contemptible, or odious.
Extremely unfavorable; terrible.
Doomed to a bad fate; hapless.
Causing horror; terrible; shocking.
Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming; dangerous, risky.
Causing horror; horrifying.
Tending to hurt someone's feelings; insulting; lacerating.
Of the nature of a disaster; calamitous.
Causing damage or harm.
Very unpleasant; disagreeable.
the desire to cause harm to others; extreme cruelty
Causing damage; harmful, injurious.
Blameworthy, censurable, guilty.
(chiefly predicative) Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper or otherwise incorrect.
Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.
In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort.