evil

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
evil/ˈiːvl/
adjective
  • 1 extremely wicked and immoral.

    ■ embodying or associated with the forces of the devil.

    ■ harmful or tending to harm.

  • 2 extremely unpleasant: an evil smell.
noun great wickedness and depravity, especially when regarded as a supernatural force.

■ something harmful or undesirable: social evils.

– phrases
the evil eye a gaze or stare superstitiously believed to cause harm.
the Evil One archaic the Devil.
speak evil of slander.
– derivatives
evilly adverb,
evilness noun.
– origin OE yfel, of Gmc origin.
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