EVIL


Meaning of EVIL in English

n.

Function: adjective

1

Synonyms: WRONG 1, bad, immoral, iniquitous, reprobate, sinful, vicious, wicked

Related Words: 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 Words: distasteful, repellent; fetid, putrid, stinking

3

Synonyms: MALICIOUS , bitchy, catty, despiteful, hateful, malevolent, rancorous, spiteful, vicious, wicked

Related Words: angry, disagreeable, ugly, unpleasant, wrathful; harmful, hurtful, injurious, mischievous; destructive

4

Synonyms: HARMFUL , bad, damaging, deleterious, detrimental, hurtful, injurious, mischievous, nocent, nocuous

Related Words: calamitous, destructive, disastrous

Contrasted Words: harmless, noninjurious

Antonyms: innocuous

5 reporting or predicting harm or misfortune FF1C; messengers bearing evil tidings FF1E;

Synonyms: bad, ill, unfavorable; compare OMINOUS

Related Words: baleful, baneful, inauspicious; ill-boding, ill-omened, ominous

Contrasted Words: auspicious, favorable

Antonyms: good

6 marked by misfortune or calamity FF1C; the family fell upon evil times FF1E;

Synonyms: bad, inauspicious

Related Words: unfavorable, unfortunate, unlucky; difficult, hard, trying; calamitous, disastrous

Contrasted Words: favorable; lucky; easy, prosperous; auspicious, halcyon, happy

Antonyms: good

Merriam Webster. Collegiate thesaurus English dictionary.      Английский энциклопедический толковый словарь тезауруса.