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wicked
adjective as in corrupt, bad
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- abandoned
- abominable
- amoral
- arch
- atrocious
- bad news
- base
- contemptible
- debased
- degenerate
- depraved
- dissolute
- egregious
- fiendish
- flagitious
- foul
- gross
- guilty
- heartless
- heinous
- immoral
- impious
- incorrigible
- indecent
- iniquitous
- irreligious
- low-down
- mean
- nefarious
- profane
- reprobate
- rotten
- scandalous
- shameful
- shameless
- sinful
- unethical
- unprincipled
- unrighteous
- vile
- worthless
adjective as in destructive, troublesome
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Example Sentences
I could close my eyes right now and see the wicked grin that made her a star in 1999’s “Girl, Interrupted.”
In the process, “Agatha” serves as an origin story of sorts for the wicked witch.
The Dodgers are hopeful that, even after two significant elbow surgeries, he still will possess much of his old, wicked stuff.
Two women have been jailed for their part in a monkey torture ring and behaviour described by the judge as "depraved, sickening and wicked".
Using the imagery of crusades, he assailed “the late unholy war with the Indians” and the “wicked crusade against the peace of Mexico” during the 1830s.
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What are other ways to say wicked?
Wicked implies willful and determined doing of what is very wrong: a wicked plan. 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. Bad is the broadest and simplest term: a bad man; bad habits.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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