evil
Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite…Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.
» 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
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3 senses(countable, uncountable)Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.
The evils of society include murder and theft.
Evil lacks spirituality, hence its need for mind control.
Böse, Übel
злоzlo, ли́хоlíxo, ху́доxúdo
злоzlo, ли́хоlýxo
(countable, uncountable)Something which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; something which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; harm; injury; mischief.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A malady or disease; especially in combination, as in king's evil, colt evil.
- morally objectionable behavior
- the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
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
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
plural: evilsSynonyms
5 synonyms- morally objectionable behavior:immoralitywickednessiniquity
- the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice:evilness
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
19 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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.