evil
Wickedly, evilly, iniquitouslyWickedly, evilly, iniquitously
» Tom doesn't know the difference between good and evil.
Tom kennt den Unterschied zwischen Gut und Böse nicht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Том не знает разницы между добром и злом. — Karok
Том не знає різниці між добром і злом. — older
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 senses(obsolete)Wickedly, evilly, iniquitously
(obsolete)Injuriously, harmfully; in a damaging way.
(obsolete)Badly, poorly; in an insufficient way.
It went evil with him.
Examples
652 sentencesTom 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
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
You're an evil person.
Ти лиха людина. — deniko
Tom is an evil genius.
Том - злий геній. — miketheknight
ruТом - злой гений. — marafon
deTom ist ein Genie des Bösen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom is evil.
Том злий. — deniko
ruТом злой. — sharptoothed
deTom ist böse. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
From Middle English yvele, yvel, ivel, from Old English yfele (“badly, evilly”), a derivatFrom Middle English yvele, yvel, ivel, from Old English yfele (“badly, evilly”), a derivative of the adjective yfel (“bad, evil”). Often reinterpreted as the noun in the later language (as in "to speak evil").
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Forms
more evil, most evilLessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
Collocations
3 patterns- an an evil
- of all evil
- all evil
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.