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evils

NOUN

badness, immorality; disaster

Synonyms

STRONGEST

calamity catastrophe corruption crime harm hatred ill misery pain sin suffering wrong

STRONG

affliction baseness blow criminality curse debauchery depravity devilry diabolism heinousness hurt impiety indecency infamy iniquity injury knavery lewdness licentiousness looseness malevolence malignity meanness mischief misfortune obscenity outrage perversity ruin sinfulness sorrow turpitude vice viciousness vileness villainy wickedness woe wrongdoing

WEAK

diablerie

Antonyms

STRONGEST

advantage benefit blessing boon cheer comfort fortune good fortune good luck goodness happiness health joy kindness pleasure profit

STRONG

aid benevolence cleanness decency good help innocence modesty morality nobility propriety purity relief uprightness virtue

Example Sentences

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"It comes down to choosing the lesser of two evils."

From Barron's • Dec. 20, 2025

“The real evils in war,” St. Augustine once wrote, are “love of violence, revengeful cruelty, fierce and implacable enmity, wild resistance, and the lust of power.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

"I don't know if I'd say the lesser of two evils, but I think Chile needs a change," Claudio Sanjuez said, "and I clearly think Kast could be that alternative".

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025

You want to choose the lesser of all evils.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 24, 2025

Upon reflection, it is relatively easy to understand how Americans come to deny the evils of mass incarceration.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander