Meaning

1 senses
  1. A person who performs evil acts.

    Übeltäter, Übeltäterin, Frevler

    злоумы́шленникzloumýšlennik, злоумы́шленницаzloumýšlennica

    злочи́нецьzločýnecʹ

    a person who sins (without repenting)

Examples

8 sentences
  1. He is an evildoer, are you aware of that?

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  2. It's quite right to detest people who are evildoers.

    deEs ist ganz richtig Menschen zu verabscheuen, die Übeltäter sind.

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  3. Sometimes, in seeking to punish evil, the righteous become evildoers themselves.

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  4. Evildoers always think the worst of others.

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  5. The evildoer hates the light.

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Translations

8 languages
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Origin

From Middle English yvel doer; equivalent to evil + doer.

From Middle English yvel doer; equivalent to evil + doer.

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Forms

plural: evildoers

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a person who sins (without repenting):sinner

Antonyms

3 antonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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