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evil
Overview of noun evil
The noun evil has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (6) evil, immorality, wickedness, iniquity -- (morally objectionable behavior)
2. (4) evil -- (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)
3. (3) evil, evilness -- (the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice; "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world")
Overview of adj evil
The adj evil has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (9) evil -- (morally bad or wrong; "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds")
2. (1) evil, vicious -- (having the nature of vice)
3. (1) evil, harmful, injurious -- (tending to cause great harm)
4. malefic, malevolent, malign, evil -- (having or exerting a malignant influence; "malevolent stars"; "a malefic force")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun evil
3 senses of evil
Sense 1
evil, immorality, wickedness, iniquity
=> transgression, evildoing
=> wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
evil
=> bad, badness
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
evil, evilness
=> immorality
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun evil
3 senses of evil
Sense 1
evil, immorality, wickedness, iniquity
=> deviltry, devilry
=> foul play
=> irreverence, violation
=> sexual immorality
Sense 2
evil
=> Four Horsemen
Sense 3
evil, evilness
=> malevolence, malevolency, malice
=> malignity, malignancy, malignance
=> maleficence, mischief, balefulness
=> worst
=> nefariousness, wickedness, vileness, ugliness
=> reprehensibility
=> villainy, villainousness
=> perversity, perverseness
=> error, wrongdoing
=> frailty, vice
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun evil
3 senses of evil
Sense 1
evil, immorality, wickedness, iniquity
=> transgression, evildoing
Sense 2
evil
=> bad, badness
Sense 3
evil, evilness
=> immorality
Antonyms of noun evil
1 of 3 senses of evil
Sense 3
evil, evilness
Antonym of good (Sense 2)
=>good, goodness
Member Holonyms of noun evil
Substance Holonyms of noun evil
Part Holonyms of noun evil
Member Meronyms of noun evil
Substance Meronyms of noun evil
Part Meronyms of noun evil
Meronyms of noun evil
Holonyms of noun evil
Attributes of noun evil
1 of 3 senses of evil
Sense 3
evil, evilness
=> evil (vs. good)
Derived Forms of noun evil
Domain of noun evil
Domain Terms of noun evil
Familiarity of noun evil
evil used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun evil
3 senses of evil
Sense 1
evil, immorality, wickedness, iniquity
> transgression, evildoing
=> abomination
=> evil, immorality, wickedness, iniquity
=> villainy
=> depravity, turpitude
=> vice
=> sin, sinning
=> terrorization, terrorisation
=> crime, law-breaking
=> crime
=> inside job
Sense 2
evil
> bad, badness
=> unworthiness
=> undesirability
=> worse
=> evil
=> unsoundness
=> liability
=> inadvisability
Sense 3
evil, evilness
> immorality
=> unrighteousness
=> corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction
=> corruptibility
=> licentiousness, wantonness
=> anomie, anomy
=> wrongness
=> evil, evilness
Meronyms of noun evil
3 senses of evil
Holonyms of noun evil
Grep of noun evil
bean weevil
black weevil
blue devil
boll weevil
daredevil
devil
dust devil
evil
evil eye
evil spirit
evildoer
evildoing
evilness
flour weevil
king's evil
king devil
mountain devil
pea weevil
poor devil
printer's devil
red devil
rice weevil
seed weevil
she-devil
tasmanian devil
the devil
weevil
Grep of verb evil
bedevil
devil
speak of the devil
Antonyms of adj evil
4 senses of evil
Sense 1
evil (vs. good)
good (vs. evil)
=> angelic, angelical, beatific, saintlike, saintly, sainted
=> goody-goody
=> redemptive, redeeming(prenominal), saving(prenominal)
=> white
=> worthy, upstanding, solid
Sense 2
evil, vicious
INDIRECT (VIA wicked) -> virtuous
Sense 3
evil, harmful, injurious
INDIRECT (VIA malign) -> benign, benignant
Sense 4
malefic, malevolent, malign, evil
INDIRECT (VIA maleficent) -> beneficent
Similarity of adj evil
4 senses of evil
Sense 1
evil (vs. good)
=> atrocious, flagitious, grievous, heinous, monstrous
=> bad, immoral
=> black, dark, sinister
=> corruptive, perversive, pestiferous
=> demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy
=> despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched
=> devilish, diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelian, mephistophelean
=> evil-minded
Also See> bad#1; immoral#1; offensive#5; unrighteous#1; wicked#1; wrong#2
Sense 2
evil, vicious
=> wicked (vs. virtuous)
Sense 3
evil, harmful, injurious
=> malign (vs. benign)
Sense 4
malefic, malevolent, malign, evil
=> maleficent (vs. beneficent)
Pertainyms of adj evil
Attributes of adj evil
1 of 4 senses of evil
Sense 1
evil (vs. good)
=> evil, evilness
Domain of adj evil
Domain Terms of adj evil
Familiarity of adj evil
evil used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Grep of adj evil
daredevil
evil
evil-looking
evil-minded
Grep of adv evil
evilly
like the devil
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