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evil

[ee-vuhl] / ˈi vəl /




Usage

What are other ways to say evil?

Evil applies to that which violates or leads to the violation of moral law: evil practices. Ill now appears mainly in certain fixed expressions, with a milder implication than that in evil: ill will; ill-natured. Wicked implies willful and determined doing of what is very wrong: a wicked plan. Bad is the broadest and simplest term: a bad man; bad habits. 


Example Sentences

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The evil was not merely that searches occurred but that the government treated entire populations as searchable first and innocent later.

From Slate • May 20, 2026

This is a film about good versus evil, gods versus monsters — the fables we’ve been telling since the beginning of time, and why they will be with us until the end.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

I guess the underlying story I want to tell is that there is no reason for evil intention behind anything, but innocent acts can build up to something tragic.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

Rather, it is a riveting, haunting, incisive and melancholy document that provides the ultimate example of a writer bearing witness and holding evil to account.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

In the very first James Bond film, released a year after the theft, Bond meets Dr. No in his evil lair.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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