Definitions of evilness
noun
the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
synonyms:
evil
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Antonyms:
good , goodness
moral excellence or admirableness
types:
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malevolence , malevolency , malice
the quality of threatening evil
malignance , malignancy , malignity
the quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will
balefulness , maleficence , mischief
the quality or nature of being harmful or evil
worst
the greatest damage or wickedness of which one is capable
nefariousness , ugliness , vileness , wickedness
the quality of being wicked
reprehensibility
being reprehensible; worthy of and deserving reprehension or reproof
villainousness , villainy
the quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior
perverseness , perversity
deliberately deviating from what is good
error , wrongdoing
departure from what is ethically acceptable
frailty , vice
moral weakness
bitchiness , cattiness , nastiness , spite , spitefulness
malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
cruelness , cruelty , harshness
the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
beastliness , meanness
the quality of being deliberately mean
filthiness
moral corruption or pollution
enormity
the quality of extreme wickedness
type of:
immorality
the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct
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