wicked
Usage
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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.
Example Sentences
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There’s a wicked irony in micromanaging your entire life on Earth only to croak and have your soul potentially jettisoned to some formless state of being, entirely unknown to mere mortals.
From Salon
Debt is also getting pushed higher due to interest expenses on it, a wicked feedback loop.
From Barron's
She talks about 25-year-old Sam's smile, and his wicked sense of humour.
From BBC
Abbott has constructed the plot of “Beware the Woman” with such wicked skill that it’s tough to say much more about what happens without giving away its many sharply honed twists and whiplash surprises.
From Seattle Times
A smartly rendered show focusing on Samantha could correct that view, and in the same way it could vivaciously trade in wicked farce that reminds us of why she's the character everyone wants to be.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
