adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
so
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They were restless and waiting to see the one so wicked .
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All over the earth men grew so wicked that finally Zeus determined to destroy them.
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It was then that a plan came to his low mind so wicked that you will think it almost inconceivable.
very
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There was very wicked carryings on.
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Had Humphrey and Janet been very wicked too, Lettice wanted to know, and did they too haunt the Lodge?
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I felt very wicked taking them to a pawnbroker, and then I sent the money to Giulia.
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He was not, I think, a very wicked old man.
■ NOUN
grin
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Blondel's smile widened into a wicked grin .
people
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But some people still thought that actors were dangerous, wicked people.
sense
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Usually a cheerful person with a delightfully wicked sense of humor, Hiroko-san is uncharacteristically somber when I call.
thing
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You must never think of such a wicked thing again.
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Heathcliff says wicked things , but I know I can control him.
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He said, this is the first wicked thing I've ever done.
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I know that's a wicked thing to say about my half-sister, but she isn't.
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The one who takes you and makes you do the wicked thing .
witch
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The old woman had only pretended to be so kind; she was in reality a wicked witch .
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By the end of the evening, it was easy to cast Mr Smillie as the wicked witch .
woman
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I am a wicked woman and it is a punishment that I am also ill.
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He yielded as before, and very soon the two wicked women arrived, with their plot carefully worked out.
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She was a cold wicked woman .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a wicked witch
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She gave him a wicked smile.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But oh, she is wicked !
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Had Humphrey and Janet been very wicked too, Lettice wanted to know, and did they too haunt the Lodge?
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Had you flown up the chimney like the wicked old witch? l didn't think so, somehow.
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He has become one of the most wicked on a continent that has seen more than its fair share.
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I told him he didn't look a wicked person.
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The knowledge of his own ingratitude convinced him that he was wicked and worthless.
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They killed the wicked husband and saved their sister.
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They were restless and waiting to see the one so wicked .