evil-looking
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5.3
- adjective
- /ˈiːvəlˌlʊkɪŋ/
:
de aspecto maligno
- The pickax was evil-looking, a tool the devil might carry, and lifting it made Stuart feel like someone he did not know.
Examples
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To her horror, she saw an evil-looking creature sitting in the far corner of her room.
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Another shows an evil-looking man shaking his arm defiantly at a frowning sun, though he is human; his raised arm is the enlarged, hairy limb of a werewolf.
Fiction book (1997) -
The evil-looking driver jumps down and pulls a large sack off the back.
Fiction book (1991) -
"He bared an evil-looking set of false teeth.
Fiction book (1998) -
Xi-Ping has his own armada of vehicles and an army of evil-looking guards.
Fiction book (1996) -
"The Enaree held up an evil-looking goatskin bag tied together by the hooves.
Fiction book (1996) -
The admonishment here, coming just before an evil-looking Japanese captain enters the room, is to take up the mantle of resistance once again against these new invaders.
Academic text (2013) -
But for those with young children, some of the scariness of the night, such as evil-looking skeletons, ghosts, haunted houses, and zombies, may be too much fear and scare for what is supposed to be a fun evening.
Blog text (32) -
That's an evil-looking car, with dark tinted windows and sharp angles.
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The artist painted a scene featuring an evil-looking wizard with glowing red eyes.
Synonyms
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8.1
Extremely evil and cruel, as if caused by the devil
87
6.1
Giving a feeling that something bad will happen
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8.2
Very evil and cruel, like a devil
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7.3
Very bad and cruel, often hurting other people
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8.4
Looking or sounding dangerous and making you feel afraid
Antonyms
How Sinister
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5.3
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5.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Evil-looking is easy to remember: the first part evil means 'bad or harmful', and the second part -looking means 'having the appearance of', just like in good-looking. So something evil-looking simply appears dangerous or cruel.