Definitions:

1. Anything which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of being good. NOUN
   • The evil spirit possessed the young girl, causing her to behave erratically and violently.
2. Having or exhibiting bad moral qualities. ADJECTIVE
   • The evil corporation dumped toxic waste into the river, polluting the water and causing widespread illness among the local population.
3. Having qualities tending to injury and mischief. ADJECTIVE
   • The evil dictator ruled his country with an iron fist, suppressing dissent and committing atrocities against his own people.
4. Moral badness, or the deviation of a moral being from the principles o virtue imposed by conscience, or by the will of the Supreme Being, or by the principles of a lawful human authority. NOUN
   • The evil cult brainwashed its members, turning them into mindless drones who would do anything their leader commanded.
5. Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity. ADJECTIVE
   • The evil virus spread through the world, infecting millions and causing a global pandemic.

Synonyms:

• evilness
• iniquity
• malefic
• sin
• vicious

NearBy Words:

• evil-looking
• evil-minded
• evildoer
• evildoing
• evilly
• evilness