evildoing
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7.3
- noun
- /ˈiːvəlˌduːɪŋ/
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maldad
- The novel explores the impacts of evildoing on innocent lives, highlighting the moral dilemmas faced by its characters.
Examples
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- So much time to plot what evildoings I'll undertake as soon as I get out.
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When Donald Trump did his best Dr. Evil impression, essentially holding "donation money" ransom unless President Obama released his college transcripts -- one can never be too sure of the evildoings one undertook while at Columbia University -- it was immediate fodder for the social media world, including myself.
Blog text (13) -
I want to know that evildoing is going on behind the scenes at all times, that nothing is what it seems.
Blog text (2) -
"Their sins and their evildoing I will remember no more."
Blog text (24) -
Far from forgetting evildoing, then, Christian ethics requires malefactors to answer for their harmful deeds.
Academic text (2003) -
"You and others, public officials, benefited in a variety of ways from this great morass of deception and evildoing?"
Fiction book (1999) -
In Frankenstein, Mary portrays Victor Frankenstein as a parent who deserts his evildoing "child" without ever examining his own contribution to the child's failings and crimes.
Fiction book (2002) -
The community rallied together to fight against the evildoing that threatened their safety.
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Many believe that justice should be served for every act of evildoing, no matter how small.
Synonyms
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3.0
Bad actions or a force that harms people
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3.7
Bad actions that break the law or moral rules
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8.1
An action that breaks a law, rule, or moral principle
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6.3
Bad behavior that people see as wrong or evil
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6.2
A wrong action that hurts someone or breaks a rule
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9.5
Very bad or unfair actions that harm people
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8.1
Very bad actions that hurt other people
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5.7
An act of doing things a religion says are wrong
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3.8
An action that does not follow the law
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8.8
Behaviour that harms people or tricks them, sometimes as a prank
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9.7
Bad behavior meant to annoy or hurt people
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7.1
A bad action that breaks rules or harms other people
A very bad action that harms people
Antonyms
How Harmful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word evildoing comes from the parts evil ('bad, harmful') and doing ('an action'), so it simply means the action of doing wrong or harmful things.