evildoer
15
7.5
- noun
- /ˈiːvəlˌduːər/
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- We're too great a nation to allow the evildoers to affect our soul.
- punish evildoers
- evildoer using magic
Three weeks later after he said we will rid the world of the evildoers.
- Three weeks later after he said we will rid the world of the evildoers.
- By investigate by instigators, compliers, evildoers, and even beneficiaries.
Examples
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How, then, could he allow his family to associate with such evildoers?
Fiction book (1991) -
The prophets insist on justice for the oppressed and, at the very least, repentance from evildoers for their crimes.
Academic text (2003) -
There are evildoers among us.
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So we must band together to forever fight the evildoers anyway we can, short of violence.
Blog text (5) -
There are, indeed, many men who are evildoers.
Academic text (2015) -
Let that be a lesson to evildoers everywhere.
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God punishes evildoers and cannot do wrong in this.
Academic text (2003) -
Beware, evildoers, wherever you are!
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But just so we're not talking in abstracts: just who are these evildoers, and what is their just punishment?
Blog text (4) -
Justice must be served to all evildoers who threaten our community.
Synonyms
415
3.0
A person who goes against others or causes harm
272
3.3
A person who does very bad things, often the main bad character in a story
161
6.8
A person who commits a crime or other serious wrong
153
3.9
A dishonest person who cheats or steals
151
4.0
A person who does things seen as morally wrong, often by religion
104
1.6
A person who harms others on purpose or does wrong things
51
6.5
A person who behaves dishonestly and hurts others by lying or stealing
8
4.3
A person who breaks the law or hurts other people
8
3.8
A bad character in a story who causes trouble for the hero, often in children's stories
5
4.4
A cruel person who hurts others or treats them very badly
4
8.8
A cruel woman who treats people very badly
1
8.6
A person who is more at fault than someone else
1
7.7
A man who does cruel or wrong things in stories
How Wicked
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word evildoer comes from two simple English parts: evil ('very bad') and doer ('one who does something'), so an evildoer is 'one who does bad things'.