I. noun
1.
whatever is harmful, distressing, or disastrous
attempts to grasp the nature of evil
Synonyms: ill
Related Word: bad, badness, devilry, diablerie, diabolism, evilness, satanism, satanity, wickedness, wrong
Contrasted words: goodness, virtue
Antonyms: good
2.
whatever is morally unacceptable
return good for evil
Synonyms: debt, sin, wickedness, wrong
Related Word: evildoing, misconduct, sinfulness, wrongdoing
Contrasted words: rectitude, righteousness, virtue
Antonyms: good
3.
a particular thing (as an act) that is evil
choose the lesser of two evils
Synonyms: crime, diablerie, iniquity, sin, tort, wrong, wrongdoing
Related Word: badness, evilness, maleficence, vice, wickedness; misdeed, offense
II. adjective
1.
Synonyms: wrong 1, bad, immoral, iniquitous, reprobate, sinful, vicious, wicked
Related Word: base, low, vile; flagitious, nefarious; baneful, pernicious; black, damnable, execrable
Contrasted words: high, noble; exemplary, salutary
Antonyms: good
2.
Synonyms: offensive , atrocious, foul, hideous, loathsome, obscene, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, vile
Related Word: distasteful, repellent; fetid, putrid, stinking
3.
Synonyms: malicious , bitchy, catty, despiteful, hateful, malevolent, rancorous, spiteful, vicious, wicked
Related Word: angry, disagreeable, ugly, unpleasant, wrathful; harmful, hurtful, injurious, mischievous; destructive
4.
Synonyms: harmful , bad, damaging, deleterious, detrimental, hurtful, injurious, mischievous, nocent, nocuous
Related Word: calamitous, destructive, disastrous
Contrasted words: harmless, noninjurious
Antonyms: innocuous
5.
reporting or predicting harm or misfortune
messengers bearing evil tidings
Synonyms: bad, ill, unfavorable; compare ominous
Related Word: baleful, baneful, inauspicious; ill-boding, ill-omened, ominous
Contrasted words: auspicious, favorable
Antonyms: good
6.
marked by misfortune or calamity
the family fell upon evil times
Synonyms: bad, inauspicious
Related Word: unfavorable, unfortunate, unlucky; difficult, hard, trying; calamitous, disastrous
Contrasted words: favorable; lucky; easy, prosperous; auspicious, halcyon, happy
Antonyms: good