Synonyms for evil
ˈi vəlevil

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1. evilnoun

   Antonyms:
   good

2. evilnoun

   Intending to harm; malevolent.

   The evils of society include murder.

   Antonyms:
   good

3. eviladjective

   Morally corrupt.

   Antonyms:
   good

4. eviladjective

   Antonyms:
   good

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1. evil

   Abomination (from the Latin ab omen, a thing of ill omen) was originally applied to anything held in religious or ceremonial aversion or abhorrence; as, "The things which are highly esteemed among men are abomination in the sight of God." Luke xvi, 15. The word is oftener applied to the object of such aversion or abhorrence than to the state of mind that so regards it; in common use abomination signifies something very much disliked or loathed, or that deserves to be. Choice food may be an object of aversion and disgust to a sick person; vile food would be an abomination. A toad is to many an object of disgust; a foul sewer is an abomination. As applied to crimes, abomination is used of such as are especially brutal, shameful, or revolting; theft is an offense; infanticide is an abomination.

   Synonyms:
   abhorrence, abomination, abuse, annoyance, aversion, crime, curse, detestation, disgust, execration, hatred, horror, iniquity, nuisance, offense, plague, shame, villainy, wickedness

   Antonyms:
   affection, appreciation, approval, benefit, blessing, delight, desire, enjoyment, esteem, esteem, gratification, joy, satisfaction, treat

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1. evil

   Synonyms:
   ill, noxious, deleterious, wrong, bad, mischievous, hurtful, sinful, unhappy, adverse, unpropitious, wicked, corrupt, harmful, unfair, notorious, miserable, sorrowful

   Antonyms:
   wholesome, beneficial, right, virtuous, holy, pure, happy, fortunate, felicitous, joyous, welcome, grateful, good

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1. evil, immorality, wickedness, iniquitynoun

   morally objectionable behavior

   Synonyms:
   immorality, shabbiness, sinfulness, sin, ugliness, evilness, iniquity, dark, unfairness, wickedness, darkness, sliminess, repulsiveness, lousiness, nefariousness, loathsomeness, vileness, injustice

   Antonyms:
   good, goodness, angelical, virtuous, saintly, beatific, saving(a), angelic, redeeming(a), redemptive, sainted, white, beneficent, goody-goody, saintlike

2. evilnoun

   that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune

   "the evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones"- Shakespeare

   Synonyms:
   wickedness, iniquity, immorality, evilness

   Antonyms:
   goodness, good, white, goody-goody, virtuous, saintly, beatific, saving(a), saintlike, beneficent, redemptive, redeeming(a), sainted, angelical, angelic

3. evil, evilnessadjective

   the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice

   "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world"

   Synonyms:
   wickedness, iniquity, immorality, evilness

   Antonyms:
   goodness, good, angelical, sainted, angelic, white, redeeming(a), saintly, beatific, redemptive, saintlike, virtuous, saving(a), beneficent, goody-goody

4. eviladjective

   morally bad or wrong

   "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds"

   Synonyms:
   malevolent, vicious, malefic, malign

   Antonyms:
   goodness, good, redeeming(a), beneficent, virtuous, redemptive, goody-goody, beatific, sainted, white, saving(a), saintlike, angelic, saintly, angelical

5. evil, viciousadjective

   having the nature of vice

   Synonyms:
   malefic, savage, deplorable, reprehensible, fell, venomous, criminal, condemnable, roughshod, malign, malevolent, cruel, barbarous, vicious, poisonous, brutal

   Antonyms:
   good, goodness, goody-goody, saving(a), white, saintlike, redeeming(a), virtuous, beneficent, angelic, saintly, redemptive, sainted, beatific, angelical

6. malefic, malevolent, malign, eviladjective

   having or exerting a malignant influence

   "malevolent stars"; "a malefic force"

   Synonyms:
   malefic, malevolent, malign, vicious

   Antonyms:
   good, goodness, white, sainted, angelic, angelical, beneficent, redemptive, saintly, saving(a), virtuous, goody-goody, beatific, redeeming(a), saintlike

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1. ondskannoun

   devil or demonio

   Submitted by gaurashankar8484 on December 10, 2023  

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1. eviladjective

   Synonyms:
   bad, ill, not good

2. eviladjective

   Synonyms:
   wicked, sinful, vicious, corrupt, perverse, wrong

3. eviladjective

   Synonyms:
   mischievous, hurtful, harmful, noxious, deleterious

4. eviladjective

   Synonyms:
   unhappy, unfortunate, calamitous, adverse, unpropitious

5. evilnoun

   Synonyms:
   calamity, misfortune, disaster, reverse

6. evilnoun

   Synonyms:
   wickedness, sin, depravity, malignity, wicked disposition

7. evilnoun

   Synonyms:
   wrong, injury, mischief, harm

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1. eviladjective

   Synonyms:
   sinful, immoral, sinister, unrighteous, vicious, pernicious, bad

2. evilnoun

   Synonyms:
   wickedness, depravity, sin, iniquity, perniciousness, belial, unrighteousness, disaster, misfortune, calamity, reverse, injustice, damage, injury, wrong, mischief

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1. List of paraphrases for "evil":

   bad, scourge, diabolical, maleficent, wicked, evil-doing, wrong, poorly, vicious, nefarious, perverse, demon, badly, sinister, malicious, malignant, hurt, devil, devilish, onda, harm, viciousness, wickedness, demonic, draconian, diabolic, heinous, vile, mal, malign, malevolent, sin, ill, pernicious

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1. Andrew Bernstein:

   For the first time in history, the rational and the good are fully armed in the battle against evil. Here we finally find the answer to our paradox; now we can understand the nature of the social power held by evil. Ultimately, the evil, the irrational, truly has no power. The evil men’s control of morality is transient; it lives on borrowed time made possible only by the errors of the good. In time, as more honest men grasp the truth, evil’s stranglehold will be easily broken.

2. Benjamin Harrison:

   While a Treasury surplus is not the greatest evil, it is a serious evil. Our revenue should be ample...

3. Sinclair B. Ferguson (1948- ):

   Evil deeds are the fruit of an evil heart. They are not an aberration from our true self but a revelation of it.”

4. Toni Natalie:

   It was you, Nancy, you, who let the monster out, when Keith found you, he found his perfect match, his perfect evil partner. You knew early on of his attraction to young girls and with you by his side, look what he was able to do with so many of them.

5. H.L. Mencken:

   I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.