B2adjective · frequent

evil

e·vil

evil · eviller · evillest

злий

злой, порочный

böse, übel

Intending to harm; malevolentIntending to harm; malevolent.

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/ˈiːvəl/

» 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 senses

Intending 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 sentences

Tom doesn't know the difference between good and evil.
Том не знає різниці між добром і злом. — older
ruТом не знает разницы между добром и злом. — Karok
deTom kennt den Unterschied zwischen Gut und Böse nicht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Money is the root of all evil.
Гроші — корінь зла. — Internecivus
ruДеньги — корень зла. — al_ex_an_der
deGeld ist der Ursprung allen Übels. — MUIRIEL
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You're an evil person.
Ти лиха людина. — deniko
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Tom is an evil genius.
Том - злий геній. — miketheknight
ruТом - злой гений. — marafon
deTom ist ein Genie des Bösen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Tom is evil.
Том злий. — deniko
ruТом злой. — sharptoothed
deTom ist böse. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

intending to harm:

Русский

By meaning 2

intending to harm:

morally corrupt:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

intending to harm:

Origin

From Middle English yvel, evel, ivel, uvel, from Old English yfel, from Proto-West Germani

From 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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