Evil & Crooked (Words that are synonymous)

Mike Morg (United States of America)
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  1. ominous
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  2. insidious
    working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
  3. lecherous
    given to excessive indulgence in sexual activity
  4. lascivious
    driven by lust
  5. lust
    a strong sexual desire
  6. baleful
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  7. sinister
    wicked, evil, or dishonorable
  8. licentious
    lacking moral discipline
  9. nefarious
    extremely wicked
  10. masochism
    sexual pleasure obtained from receiving punishment
  11. sadism
    pleasure obtained by inflicting harm on others
  12. sadomasochism
    sadism and masochism combined in one person
  13. invidious
    containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
  14. iniquity
    absence of moral or spiritual values
  15. obscene
    offensive to the mind
  16. lewd
    suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
  17. reprobate
    a person without moral scruples
  18. seamy
    morally degraded
  19. sacrilege
    blasphemous behavior
  20. malevolent
    wishing or appearing to wish evil to others
  21. malignment
    slanderous defamation
  22. depravity
    moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
  23. miscreant
    a person without moral scruples
  24. heretic
    a person whose religious beliefs conflict with church dogma
  25. seamy
    morally degraded
  26. iniquitous
    characterized by injustice or wickedness
  27. effete
    excessively self-indulgent, affected, or decadent
  28. inhumane
    reflecting a lack of pity or compassion
  29. anathema
    a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
  30. grifter
    a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
  31. duplicity
    the act of deceiving or acting in bad faith
  32. mendacious
    given to lying
  33. unconscionable
    greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
  34. wreath
    a circular band of flowers or other foliage
  35. enormity
    the quality of extreme wickedness
  36. malignant
    dangerous to health
  37. malicious
    having the nature of threatening evil
  38. venomous
    extremely poisonous or injurious
  39. rancorous
    showing deep-seated resentment
  40. acrimonious
    marked by strong resentment or cynicism
  41. vitriolic
    harsh, bitter, or malicious in tone
  42. virulent
    extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
  43. vituperative
    marked by harshly abusive criticism
  44. sordid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
  45. degenerate
    a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable
  46. insalubrious
    detrimental to health
  47. unsavory
    morally offensive
  48. disreputable
    lacking respectability in character, behavior or appearance
  49. louche
    of questionable taste or morality
  50. flippant
    showing an inappropriate lack of seriousness
  51. leering
    (of a glance) sidelong and slyly lascivious
  52. villainous
    extremely wicked
  53. dastardly
    extremely wicked
  54. execrate
    curse or declare to be evil or anathema
  55. miasma
    an unwholesome atmosphere
  56. malfeasance
    wrongful conduct by a public official
  57. turpitude
    a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice
  58. scrofulous
    afflicted with scrofula
  59. turpitude
    a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice
  60. flagitious
    extremely wicked, deeply criminal
Created on Wed Dec 11 19:19:57 EST 2013 (updated Tue Oct 15 09:30:11 EDT 2019)

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