EVIL


Meaning of EVIL in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ great

▪ absolute , pure

the pure ~ in his soul

▪ intrinsic

the intrinsic ~ of taking a human life

▪ lesser

This sort of job is a lesser ~ than unemployment.

▪ moral , social

to combat the social ~s of poverty, disease and ignorance

VERB + EVIL

▪ commit , do

His simple message was that God will punish those that do ~.

▪ combat , fight , resist

You can always choose to resist ~.

▪ defeat , destroy , overcome

a duty to defeat the ~ of terrorism

PHRASES

▪ the forces of ~

a perpetual struggle between the forces of good and the forces of ~

▪ good and ~

not a simple choice between good and ~

▪ a necessary ~

He calls war ‘a necessary evil’.

▪ the root of all ~

He sees money as the root of all ~.

II.

adj.

VERBS

▪ be , look , seem

▪ become

ADVERB

▪ particularly , really , truly , very

Kristin smiled a particularly ~ smile.

▪ completely , totally , wholly

▪ basically , inherently , intrinsically

He believes that all people are basically ~.

Evil is used with these nouns: ↑ cackle , ↑ character , ↑ creature , ↑ curse , ↑ deed , ↑ demon , ↑ design , ↑ force , ↑ genius , ↑ grin , ↑ ideology , ↑ influence , ↑ intention , ↑ laugh , ↑ laughter , ↑ menace , ↑ monster , ↑ motive , ↑ omen , ↑ person , ↑ plan , ↑ plot , ↑ presence , ↑ scheme , ↑ smell , ↑ smirk , ↑ spirit , ↑ thought , ↑ trade , ↑ twin , ↑ tyrant , ↑ villain , ↑ woman

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