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evil twin

[ee-vuhl twin] / ˈi vəl ˈtwɪn /
NOUN
alter ego
Synonyms
WEAK
Doppelganger second self


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But up close, Venus is more like an evil twin: it is covered with thick clouds of sulfuric acid, and its surface has a mean temperature close to 500°C.

From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2024

Physicists know that for every fundamental particle in nature there is an antiparticle — an evil twin of identical mass but endowed with equal and opposite characteristics like charge and spin.

From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2023

That’s Venus, the second rock from the sun, Earth’s evil twin and frequent UFO impersonator.

From Scientific American • Jun. 2, 2023

The notion of an evil twin was represented on the runway by motifs from the 1980s movie ‘’Gremlins,’’ in which the creatures transform to become naughty.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2022

“Well, the Wool Pooh is Winnie’s evil twin brother. Don’t no one ever write about him ’cause they don’t want to scare y’all kids.

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis