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