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[ adjective ] morally bad or wrong
Synonyms Examples "evil purposes" "an evil influence" "evil deeds" Used in print (Peter J. White, "Report on Laos"...)Now Pathet_Lao propagandists were reported marching him barefoot from village to village , as evidence of evil American intervention . Related terms good black atrocious devilish demonic despicable evil-minded corruptive bad bad wrong immoral wicked unrighteous offensive |
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[ noun ] morally objectionable behavior
Synonyms Used in print (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)As the play unfolds , however , the audience is subtly brought into the grip of an awful evil which grows with ominously gathering power and soon engulfs the community . The concept of unity , in which positive and negative are attributes of the same force , in which good and evil are relative , ever-changing , and always joined to the same phenomenon - such a concept is still reserved to the physical_sciences and to the few who have grasped the history of ideas . (Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)His religious_beliefs provide him with plausible explanations for many conditions which cause him great concern , and his religious faith makes possible fortitude , equanimity , and consolation , enabling him to endure colossal misfortune , fear , frustration , uncertainty , suffering , evil , and danger . (Brand Blanshard, "The Emotive Theory," Robert...)If we were asked why we thought so , we should say that these things involve great evil and are wrong , and that to take delight in what is evil or wrong is plainly unfitting . If we were asked why we thought so , we should say that these things involve great evil and are wrong , and that to take delight in what is evil or wrong is plainly unfitting . Related terms evildoing irreverence foul_play enormity sexual_immorality deviltry |
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[ noun ] that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune
Examples : "the evil that men do lives after them the good is oft interred with their bones"- Shakespeare Used in print (Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)For His mercy and His guidance to spare you from evil and eternal punishment in the Lake_of_Fire '' . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
Synonyms Examples : "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world" Used in print (Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)`` Wherefore also He [ God ] drove him [ man ] out of Paradise , and removed him far from the tree of life , not because He envied him the tree of life , as some venture to assert , but because He pitied him , [ and did not desire ] that he should continue a sinner for ever , nor that the sin which surrounded him should be immortal , and evil interminable and irremediable . (John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)Resolved , that we find in this fearful tragedy at Harper_'s_Ferry a reason for more earnest effort to remove the evil of slavery from the whole land as speedily as possible . (James Thurber, "The Future, If Any, of Comedy,"...)`` If we cannot tell evil , horror , and insanity from nonsense , what is the future of humor and comedy '' ? |
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[ adjective ] having or exerting a malignant influence
Synonyms Examples "malevolent stars" "a malefic force" Related terms |
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