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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My working theory is that they tap into audiences with a preexisting suspicion that the world is wicked — they prove paranoia to be well-founded.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026
Director Kang Mi-so shouts across the set at an actor playing the role of the "wicked" aunt.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
What better way to show the world a new side of yourself than to play the equally wicked fictional brother of one of modern literature’s most notorious slashers?
From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026
Everyone in elite skiing is a wicked skier; margins can be dictated by who is the most composed under pressure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026
“What joy! What clashings and smashings! Ferocious Gurgi fills wicked warriors with awful terror and outcries.”
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
