wicked
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4.6
- adjective
- /ˈwɪkɪd/
:
malvado
- The sins of the wicked harm the community, but all benefit from the merits of the righteous.
- evil and wicked
- punish the wicked
- wicked and depraved
Turn from your wicked, turn from your wicked ways, repent, be baptized.
- Turn from your wicked, turn from your wicked ways, repent, be baptized.
- Can you be wicked and be successful?
- So your whole life you're being told you're wicked, and this man tells you you're not.
- The instigators are far from being banal, Wicked they are, but by no means banal.
- It's, they are judgments by highly flawed, often wicked actors.
- No, she's she's she's a wicked person.
- Do not fret when evil men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.
- There's no, there's no two ways about it, There are, there are wicked people.
- I'm, I suppose I'd have to, to vote for him because he's, he's neither mad nor wicked nor stupid.
Examples
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Now, there once was a wicked king, and his name was Herod.
Fiction book (1991) -
Is that your wicked stepmother?
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Can you be wicked and be successful?
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If they really did something wicked when they were alive, maybe it's better to let them be.
Fiction book (1990) -
We know that Churchill had a wicked battle with depression.
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Jerusalem Bible: How could I do anything so wicked and sin against God?
Academic text (1991) -
Do not fret when evil men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.
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Turn from your wicked, turn from your wicked ways, repent, be baptized.
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My mother, Helen Bingler, was raised by a wicked stepmother.
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He plotted his wicked plans in secret, determined to bring chaos to the town.
Synonyms
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1.2
Being very bad and morally wrong, often causing harm to others
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1.0
Morally wrong or harmful to other people
268
4.9
Very bad or offensive in a moral way
157
5.0
Very bad and morally wrong
92
9.0
Extremely cruel and shocking
91
8.1
Extremely evil and cruel, as if caused by the devil
90
3.7
Very wrong and deserving strong blame
71
4.9
Morally wrong or deserving strong criticism
56
3.6
Wrong according to religious or moral rules
48
7.8
Very bad and cruel in the way someone behaves
47
8.8
Very bad and illegal, done to harm people
46
7.5
Dirty and morally wrong, often involving dishonest or cruel acts
44
8.2
Very evil and cruel, like a devil
21
7.3
Morally wrong, especially when it breaks religious rules
21
7.2
Morally wrong because it goes against religious rules
17
8.4
A person who is very cruel and cowardly, often betraying others secretly
17
4.4
Being very naughty in a playful, clever way
15
7.1
Very bad in a moral way and deserving strong blame
14
7.3
Very bad and cruel, often hurting other people
10
7.9
Being very cruel and evil and making others suffer
5
7.6
Acting in a way that is unfair or morally wrong
2
9.8
Very unfair and wrong in a way that harms people
1
7.8
Very evil and cruel, like the devil
1
9.9
A very wicked and criminal act that shocks people
1
7.5
Wanting to hurt people or cause harm
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How Wicked
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Etymology
Wicked comes from old English ideas of someone who is 'evil', like a witch in a story. That's why wicked still often means 'morally wrong' or 'evil'.