most evil

ADJECTIVE

sinful, immoral

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bad corrupt destructive hateful heinous hideous malevolent malicious nefarious ugly unpleasant vicious vile villainous wicked

STRONG

base foul low offensive poison reprobate wrong

WEAK

angry atrocious baneful beastly calamitous damnable depraved disastrous execrable flagitious harmful iniquitous injurious loathsome maleficent malignant no good obscene pernicious rancorous repugnant repulsive revolting spiteful stinking unpropitious wrathful

Antonyms

STRONGEST

agreeable aiding assisting attractive beautiful benevolent decent delightful friendly gentle good helpful honest honorable kind lovely nice pleasant pleasing right upright virtuous wonderful worthy

STRONG

moral

WEAK

auspicious sinless

Example Sentences

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Perhaps most evil are the acquisitions of hospitals for the sole purpose of bankrupting them and selling off assets to line someone else’s pockets.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 26, 2026

“This is the single most evil thing I have ever experienced, and I have seen a lot,” he said on his show that day.

From Slate • Oct. 23, 2024

Mrs McKay's grandson, Mark Dyer, said he was willing to pay more than £1m to purchase what he branded "the most evil place on earth".

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2024

And then we see her become very vulnerable when her mom steps in, who is like the most evil mom ever.

From Salon • Jul. 31, 2022

What called out to him from Guernica was both the terrible tragedy of what had occurred and the enormous power of art to explain and ultimately defeat man’s most evil impulses.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove