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evil behavior

NOUN
crime
Synonyms
STRONGEST
atrocity breach case corruption evil felony infraction lawlessness misconduct misdeed misdemeanor scandal transgression violation wrongdoing
STRONG
abomination break caper criminality delinquency depravity dereliction enormity fault hit illegality immorality infringement iniquity job malfeasance outrage racket sneak tort trespass vice villainy wickedness wrong
WEAK
antisocial behavior delict delictum fast one malefaction mortal sin unlawful act
Antonyms
STRONGEST
behavior goodness kindness obedience
STRONG
benefit blessing delight good joy right strength virtue
WEAK
good deed
NOUN
illegality
Synonyms
STRONGEST
atrocity criminality dereliction immorality infraction infringement lawlessness malfeasance misconduct misdeed wrongdoing
STRONG
abomination breach break caper case corruption delinquency depravity enormity evil fault felony hit iniquity job misdemeanor offense outrage racket scandal sneak tort transgression trespass vice villainy violation wickedness wrong
WEAK
antisocial behavior delict delictum fast one malefaction mortal sin unlawful act
Antonyms
STRONGEST
obedience
STRONG
benefit blessing delight good goodness happiness honor joy kindness morality purity right strength virtue
NOUN
immorality
Synonyms
STRONGEST
criminality delinquency depravity dereliction illegality lawlessness malfeasance misconduct misdeed transgression wrongdoing
STRONG
abomination atrocity breach break caper case corruption deviltry enormity evil evildoing fault felony hit infraction infringement iniquity job misdemeanor offense outrage racket scandal sin sneak tort trespass vice villainy violation wickedness wrong
WEAK
antisocial behavior delict delictum diablerie fast one malefaction mortal sin peccancy unlawful act
Antonyms
STRONGEST
behavior obedience
STRONG
benefit blessing delight good goodness happiness joy kindness morality right strength virtue
NOUN
peccancy
Synonyms
WEAK
abomination antisocial behavior atrocity breach break caper case corruption criminality delict delictum delinquency depravity dereliction deviltry diablerie enormity evil evildoing fast one fault felony hit illegality immorality infraction infringement iniquity job lawlessness malefaction malfeasance misconduct misdeed misdemeanor mortal sin offense outrage racket scandal sin sneak tort transgression trespass unlawful act vice villainy violation wickedness wrong wrongdoing

Example Sentences

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There is a long pattern of his evil behavior.

From Salon • Sep. 19, 2022

Clearly, the majority of men in the workplace do not exhibit this form of evil behavior.

From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2017

In both cases, evil behavior that could already be known from all the evidence was somehow uniquely confirmed from the bad guy’s own mouth.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 9, 2016

“But I can’t stand the evil behavior of betraying a marriage and destroying one’s family.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2016

Certain religious of the Order of St. Dominic declare that his Majesty’s decrees are not observed, and relate the evil behavior of the fiscal of that Audiencia.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 17 of 55 1609-1616 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Robertson, James Alexander