evil

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈiːvəl/]

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1. evil (adj) — sense 1

Definition: Intending to harm; malevolent.

Example: an evil plot to brainwash and even kill innocent people

2. evil (adj) — sense 2

Definition: Morally corrupt.

Example: If something is evil, it is never mandatory.

3. evil (adj) — sense 3

Definition: Unpleasant, foul (of odor, taste, mood, weather, etc.).

Example: He awoke in an evil temper […]

4. evil (noun) — sense 4

Definition: Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.

Example: The evils of society include murder and theft.

5. evil (noun) — sense 5

Definition: 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.

Example: evils which our own misdeeds have wrought

6. evil (noun) — sense 6

Definition: A malady or disease; especially in combination, as in king's evil, colt evil.

Example: [The disease]Tis call'd the Euill.

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