Meaning of evil | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.
   countable, uncountable
2. Intending to harm; malevolent
3. 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, uncountable
4. In an evil manner.
5. Morally corrupt
6. A malady or disease; especially in combination, as in king's evil, colt evil.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
7. the evil one, the devil; Satan.
8. Unpleasant, foul (of odor, taste, mood, weather, etc.)
9. a form of witchcraft involving melting a wax image of the intended victim or, in voodoo, sticking it with pins.
10. Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous
11. the belief that the world is essentially bad or evil.
12. Having harmful qualities; not good; worthless or deleterious
13. the branch of theology that studies sin and evil.
14. very bad; wicked; sinful. evil intentions; an evil man; He looks evil; evil deeds; an evil tongue. boos شِرّير، سَيِّء зъл mau špatný, zlý böse ond; ondskabsfuld κακός, μοχθηρόςmalo, malvado õel, paheline خبیث؛ شیطانی paha mauvaisרע दुष्ट, बुरा, पापी zao, loš rossz jahat vondur, illur cattivo, maligno 邪悪な 사악한 piktas, blogas, nedoras ļauns; slikts jahat slechtond; syndigzły اوړه، بد، خراب، mau rău злой; порочный zlý hudoben zao ond, ondskefull, syndig, elak ชั่วร้าย çok kötü, ahlâksız 邪惡的，惡毒的，...
15. evil-minded; evil-smelling. sleg مُؤْذٍ، فاسِد، كَريه лош mal- zlo- übel-... ondskabs- κακός, άσχημοςmal- paha-, kuri- بد pahan- mal- הרע दुष्टात्मा pokvaren rossz buruk illa- mal- 悪い 악의 pikta-, bjaurus, bjauriai ļaun-; slikts jahat kwaad- ond-źle, brzydko, nieładnie بد mal- rău- зло- zlo- zlo-... loše- illa- ซึ่งมีจิตใจชั่วร้าย kötü... 邪惡的… (前綴) зло- بری ذہنیت والا xấu 邪恶的…（前缀）
16. boosaardig بصورةٍ شِرّيرَه лошо malevolamente zle böse ondt με κακία con maldad halvasti بطور بد یا اهریمنی ilkeästi avec malveillance בְּרִשעוּת दुष्टतापूर्वक zlo, pakosno rosszul secara buruk með illgirni malevolmente 邪悪に 사악하게 piktai, nedorai ļauni; slikti dengan jahat kwaadaardigondskapsfulltźle د بد په توګه malevolamente cu răutate злонамеренно zle hudobno zlo elakt, ondskefullt, illa อย่างเลว; อย่างชั่วร้าย şeytanca 邪惡地 нечесно; мерзотно بدی سے một cách ác ý 邪恶地
17. slegtheid, goddeloosheid شَر злоба maldade zlo die Bosheit ondskab κακίαmaldad halbus شرارت؛ بدی pahuus méchancetéרשעות दुष्टता zloba, pakost gonoszság keburukan illgirni/-kvittni cattiveria 邪悪さ 사악함 nedorumas, piktavališkumas ļaunums kejahatan slechtheidondskapzło بدی maldade răutate злонамеренность zlo hudobnost zlo ondskefullhet ควมชั่วร้าย kötülük, kötü niyetlilik 邪惡，罪惡 мерзотність بدی điều ác 邪恶，罪恶
18. a wicked or sinful person. boosdoener, kwaaddoener فاعِل الشَّر، شِرّير престъпник malvado zločinec der Übeltäter bæst; djævel; uhyre κακοποιό στοιχείο malhechor pahategija آدم شریر؛ تبهکار pahantekijä méchant/-ante עוֹשֶׂה רָע कुकर्मी zlobnik, zlotvor gonosztevő orang jahat illvirki, ódæðismaður malfattore; malvagio 悪人 사악한 사람 piktadarys, nusidėjėlis ļaundaris orang jahat boosdoener en som gjør onde ting, ond personzłoczyńca, winowajca بده سړۍ malvado răufăcător злодей zločinec hudobnež zla o...

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Examples

“The evils of society include murder and theft.”

“Evil lacks spirituality, hence its need for mind control.”

“The heart of the sons of men is full of evil.”

“The preposterous altruism too![…]Resist not evil. It is an insane immolation of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping their spines in caves scarcely large enough for a fair-sized dog.”

“IS ANYTHING more obvious than the presence of evil in the universe? Its nagging, prehensile tentacles project into every level of human existence. We may debate the origin of evil, but only a victim of superficial optimism would debate its reality. Evil is stark, grim, and colossally real.”

“evils which our own misdeeds have wrought”

“The evil that men do lives after them.”

“[The disease]Tis call'd the Euill.”

“He [Edward the Confessor] was the first that touched for the evil.”

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