EVIL

Meaning of EVIL in English

Function: noun

Date: before 12th century

1 a : the fact of suffering, misfortune, and wrongdoing b : a cosmic evil force

2 : something that brings sorrow, distress, or calamity

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

EVIL — I. ˈēvəl sometimes -(ˌ)vil adjective ( sometimes eviler or eviller ; evilest or evillest ) Etymology: Middle English ivel, evel, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EVIL — (a.) Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous; as, evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days.
Английский словарь Webster
EVIL — (a.) Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; …
Английский словарь Webster
EVIL — — evilly , adv. — evilness , n. /ee"veuhl/ , adj. 1. morally wrong or bad; immoral; wicked: evil deeds; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EVIL — I. ˈē-vəl, Britain often & US also ˈē-(ˌ)vil adjective ( evil·er or evil·ler ; evil·est or evil·lest ) Etymology: Middle …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EVIL — noun malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil, the scrofula. 2. evil ·adv in an evil manner; not …
Webster English vocab
EVIL — [evil] adj evil.er or evil.ler ; evil.est or evil.lest [ME, fr. OE yfel; akin to OHG ubil evil] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EVIL — evil BrE AmE ˈiːv ə l -ɪl ▷ evil|s z ▶ ˌ evil ˈ eye BrE AmE ▶ ˈ Evil …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
EVIL — / ˈiːvl; NAmE ; ˈiːvɪl/ adjective , noun ■ adjective 1. ( of people ) enjoying harming others; morally bad …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EVIL — I. e ‧ vil 1 S3 W3 /ˈiːv ə l/ BrE AmE adjective [ Language: Old English ; Origin: yfel …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EVIL — adj. & n. --adj. 1 morally bad; wicked. 2 harmful or tending to harm, esp. intentionally or characteristically. 3 disagreeable …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EVIL — adj. & n. adj. 1 morally bad; wicked. 2 harmful or tending to harm, esp. intentionally or characteristically. 3 disagreeable …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EVIL — adj. & n. --adj. 1. morally bad; wicked. 2 harmful or tending to harm, esp. intentionally or characteristically. 3 disagreeable …
Oxford English vocab
EVIL — ( evils) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Evil is a powerful …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EVIL — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an evil spell ▪ The people still believe in evil spells. evil deed ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EVIL — [adjective] - immoral, or cruel, or very unpleasantWe must do everything necessary to overthrow this evil dictator.He was a narrow-minded, …
Cambridge English vocab
EVIL — Synonyms and related words : Loki, Nemesis, Set, Typhon, aberrant, abnormal, abominable, abomination, accursed, ado, affliction, agony, amorality, angry, anguish, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EVIL — I. noun 1. whatever is harmful, distressing, or disastrous attempts to grasp the nature of evil Synonyms: ill Related Word: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
EVIL — n. 25B6; adjective an evil deed : WICKED, bad, wrong, immoral, sinful, foul, vile, dishonourable, corrupt, iniquitous, depraved, villainous, nefarious, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
EVIL — As used by a hacker , implies that some system, program, person, or institution is sufficiently maldesigned as to be …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
EVIL — As used by hackers, implies that some system, program, person, or institution is sufficiently maldesigned as to be not worth …
Jargon File English vocabulary
EVIL
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EVIL
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
EVIL — evil сущ.1) зло; вред; убыток, ущерб to root out evil — искоренять зло unmitigated evil — явное зло necessary evil …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
EVIL
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EVIL — 1. сущ. 1) зло; вред; убыток, ущерб to root out evil — искоренять зло unmitigated evil — явное зло necessary …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
EVIL — 1. сущ. 1) зло; вред; убыток, ущерб to root out evil — искоренять зло unmitigated evil — явное зло necessary evil — необходимое зло - …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
EVIL — 1. _n. 1> зло; вред; evil comes from evil - зло порождает зло; (the) lesser evil - меньшее зло - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
EVIL — 1. n. 1. зло; вред; evil comes from evil - зло порождает зло; (the) lesser evil - меньшее зло - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
EVIL — 1. _n. 1> зло; вред; to do evil наносить ущерб; творить зло; evil comes from evil зло порождает зло; (the) …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
EVIL
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
EVIL — mal, malevolent, maliciosi; (noun) male, lu mal
English interlingue dictionary
EVIL — dautan'g tawo;dautan
English-Visayan vocabulary
EVIL — I. adjective (~er or ~ler; ~est or ~lest) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English yfel; akin to Old High German …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EVIL — (adv.) In an evil manner; not well; ill; badly; unhappily; injuriously; unkindly.
Английский словарь Webster
EVIL — (n.) malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil, the scrofula.
Английский словарь Webster
EVIL — (n.) Moral badness, or the deviation of a moral being from the principles of virtue imposed by conscience, or by …
Английский словарь Webster
EVIL — (n.) Anything which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; anything which causes suffering …
Английский словарь Webster
EVIL — (a.) Having or exhibiting bad moral qualities; morally corrupt; wicked; wrong; vicious; as, evil conduct, thoughts, heart, words, and the …
Английский словарь Webster
EVIL — () A chronic skin affection terminating in an ulcer, most commonly of the face. It is endemic along the Mediterranean, …
Английский словарь Webster
EVIL — ( n. ) Moral badness, or the deviation of a moral being from the principles of virtue imposed by conscience, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EVIL — ( n. ) malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil, the scrofula.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EVIL — ( n. ) Anything which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; anything which …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EVIL — ( adv. ) In an evil manner; not well; ill; badly; unhappily; injuriously; unkindly.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EVIL — ( a. ) Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous; as, evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EVIL — ( a. ) Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EVIL — ( a. ) Having or exhibiting bad moral qualities; morally corrupt; wicked; wrong; vicious; as, evil conduct, thoughts, heart, words, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EVIL — adv. in an evil manner, in a wicked manner, evilly
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
EVIL — adj. wicked, bad, corrupt
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
EVIL — n. wickedness, badness, malevolence
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
EVIL — n. evil eye evil minded evil mindedness evil mindedly king's evil
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
EVIL — n. Pronunciation: ' ē -v ə l, Brit often & US also ' ē -( ˌ )vil Function: adjective Inflected …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
EVIL — ■ adjective 1》 extremely wicked and immoral. ↘embodying or associated with the forces of the d~. ↘harmful or tending to …
Concise Oxford English vocab
EVIL — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Evil is a powerful force …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
EVIL — A halter. Cant, Also a wife.
Slang English vocab
EVIL — n. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: WRONG 1, bad, immoral, iniquitous, reprobate, sinful, vicious, wicked Related Words: base, low, vile; flagitious, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
EVIL — n. Function: noun 1 whatever is harmful, distressing, or disastrous FF1C; attempts to grasp the nature of evil FF1E; Synonyms: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
EVIL — I . a. 1. Bad, ill. 2. Wicked, sinful, vicious, corrupt, perverse, wrong, base, vile, nefarious, malicious, malign, bad. 3. …
Dictionary of English Synonyms
EVIL — I. noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
EVIL — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ great ▪ absolute , pure ▪ the pure ~ in his soul ▪ intrinsic ▪ the …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
EVIL — I adj. ~ to + inf. (it is ~ to kill) II n. 1) to do ~ 2) to root …
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
EVIL — minded adj. 1 dirty(-minded), smutty, obscene, depraved, lewd, lascivious, lecherous, salacious, licentious, filthy, nasty; foul-mouthed Those anonymous phone calls were …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
EVIL — vile veil
Anagrams English vocabulary
EVIL — hearm, yfel, yfel, manfull
Англо-Староанглийский словарь

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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