evil
Intending to harm; malevolentIntending to harm; malevolent.
» Tom doesn't know the difference between good and evil.
Tom kennt den Unterschied zwischen Gut und Böse nicht.
Том не знает разницы между добром и злом.
Том не знає різниці між добром і злом.
Meaning
6 sensesIntending to harm; malevolent.
an evil plot to brainwash and even kill innocent people
böse, übel
злойzloj
злийzlyj
Morally corrupt.
If something is evil, it is never mandatory.
Do you think that companies that engage in animal testing are evil?
поро́чныйporóčnyj
morally bad or wrong
Unpleasant, foul (of odor, taste, mood, weather, etc.).
1937, Robert Byron, The Road to Oxiana, London: Macmillan, Part V, “Mazar-i-Sherif,” p. 282, It was an evil day, sticky and leaden: Oxiana looked as colourless and suburban as India.
Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous.
(slang)Undesirable; harmful; bad practice.
Global variables are evil; storing processing context in object member variables allows those objects to be reused in a much more flexible way.
(obsolete)Having harmful qualities; not good; worthless or deleterious.
an evil beast; an evil plant; an evil crop
Examples
652 sentencesTom doesn't know the difference between good and evil.
Том не знає різниці між добром і злом.
ruТом не знает разницы между добром и злом.
deTom kennt den Unterschied zwischen Gut und Böse nicht.
Money is the root of all evil.
Гроші — корінь зла.
ruДеньги — корень зла.
deGeld ist der Ursprung allen Übels.
You're an evil person.
Ти лиха людина.
Tom is an evil genius.
Том - злий геній.
ruТом - злой гений.
deTom ist ein Genie des Bösen.
Tom is evil.
Том злий.
ruТом злой.
deTom ist böse.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English yvel, evel, ivel, uvel, from Old English yfel, from Proto-West GermaniFrom Middle English yvel, evel, ivel, uvel, from Old English yfel, from Proto-West Germanic *ubil, from Proto-Germanic *ubilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂up(h₁)élos, a deverbal derivative of *h₂wep(h₁)-, *h₂wop(h₁)- (“treat badly”). See -le for the supposed suffix.
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Forms
eviller/eviler/more evil, evillest/evilest/most evilSynonyms
62 synonyms- having the nature of vice:vicious
- having or exerting a malignant influence:maleficmalevolentmalign
Antonyms
8 antonymsWord family
30 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
3 patterns- an an evil
- of all evil
- all evil