EVIL
\ˈiːvə͡l], \ˈiːvəl], \ˈiː_v_əl]\
Definitions of EVIL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice; "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world"
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that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune; "the evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones"- Shakespeare
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having or exerting a malignant influence; "malevolent stars"; "a malefic force"
By Princeton University
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the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice; "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world"
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that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune; "the evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones"- Shakespeare
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having or exerting a malignant influence; "malevolent stars"; "a malefic force"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious; poor; as, an evil beast; and evil plant; an evil crop.
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Having or exhibiting bad moral qualities; morally corrupt; wicked; wrong; vicious; as, evil conduct, thoughts, heart, words, and the like.
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Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous; as, evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days.
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Moral badness, or the deviation of a moral being from the principles of virtue imposed by conscience, or by the will of the Supreme Being, or by the principles of a lawful human authority; disposition to do wrong; moral offence; wickedness; depravity.
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malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil, the scrofula.
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In an evil manner; not well; ill; badly; unhappily; injuriously; unkindly.
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A chronic skin affection terminating in an ulcer, most commonly of the face. It is endemic along the Mediterranean, and is probably due to a specific bacillus. Called also Aleppo ulcer, Biskara boil, Delhi boil, Oriental sore, etc.
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Anything which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; anything which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; injury; mischief; harm; - opposed to good.
By Oddity Software
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Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious; poor; as, an evil beast; and evil plant; an evil crop.
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Having or exhibiting bad moral qualities; morally corrupt; wicked; wrong; vicious; as, evil conduct, thoughts, heart, words, and the like.
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Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous; as, evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days.
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Moral badness, or the deviation of a moral being from the principles of virtue imposed by conscience, or by the will of the Supreme Being, or by the principles of a lawful human authority; disposition to do wrong; moral offence; wickedness; depravity.
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malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil, the scrofula.
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In an evil manner; not well; ill; badly; unhappily; injuriously; unkindly.
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A chronic skin affection terminating in an ulcer, most commonly of the face. It is endemic along the Mediterranean, and is probably due to a specific bacillus. Called also Aleppo ulcer, Biskara boil, Delhi boil, Oriental sore, etc.
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Anything which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; anything which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; injury; mischief; harm; - opposed to good.
By Noah Webster.
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Morally bad; wicked; sinful; hurtful; disastrous; of ill repute; worthless.
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Badly; harmfully.
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Conduct showing harmful intention or purpose; something that injures; sin.
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Evilly.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Wicked: mischievous: unfortunate.
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In an evil manner: badly.
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That which produces unhappiness or calamity: harm: wickedness: depravity.
By Daniel Lyons
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Badly; hurtfully.
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Wicked; bad.
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Wickedness; harm.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Morally bad; wicked; injurious; calamitous; sorrowful.
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Wicked conduct; moral depravity; affliction; calamity.
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In an evil manner.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Having physical or moral qualities that are bad in themselves and are productive of mischief; fraught with evil.
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In an evil manner; ill; injurious. The Evil one, the devil.
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That which, whether physical or moral, is both bad in itself and mischievous in its consequences; a malady.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Ill; wicked; vicious; having bad qualities of any kind; injurious; unfortunate; unkind.
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Wickedness; misfortune; calamity; the reverse of good; suffering; that which produces pain; any transgression of the moral law; sin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. Ill; wrong; sin;— that which causes pain, suffering, or other distress; misfortune; mischief; injury;—state of being morally bad; wickedness; depravity; sinful disposition;— a malady; a disease.
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adv. In an evil manner; unjustly; injuriously; ill.
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Having bad qualities of any kind; wicked, corrupt; miserable; mischievous, destructive.
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Wickedness, a crime; injury, mischief; malignity, corruption; misfortune, calamity; malady, disease.
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Not well in whatever respect; injuriously, not kindly.
By Thomas Sheridan
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