EVILS Synonyms
There are 5 hypernyms of the word evils. (close relations)
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immorality | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct • morally objectionable behavior | ||||||||
iniquity | nounn | |||||||
noun • morally objectionable behavior • an unjust act | ||||||||
wickedness | nounn | |||||||
noun • morally objectionable behavior • absence of moral or spiritual values • the quality of being wicked • estrangement from god • the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions | ||||||||
atrocity | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane • an act of atrocious cruelty | ||||||||
badness | nounn | |||||||
noun • that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency • used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather • an attribute of mischievous children | ||||||||
corruption | nounn | |||||||
noun • lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain • in a state of progressive putrefaction • decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation) • moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles • destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity • inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by committing a felony) | ||||||||
cruelty | nounn | |||||||
noun • a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering • feelings of extreme heartlessness • the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance | ||||||||
depravity | nounn | |||||||
noun • moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles • a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice | ||||||||
harm | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury • the occurrence of a change for the worse • the act of damaging something or someone verb • cause or do harm to | ||||||||
maleficence | nounn | |||||||
noun • doing or causing evil • the quality or nature of being harmful or evil | ||||||||
malevolence | nounn | |||||||
noun • wishing evil to others • the quality of threatening evil | ||||||||
malice | nounn | |||||||
noun • feeling a need to see others suffer • the quality of threatening evil | ||||||||
mischief | nounn | |||||||
noun • reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others • the quality or nature of being harmful or evil | ||||||||
misdeed | nounn | |||||||
noun • improper or wicked or immoral behavior | ||||||||
sin | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • estrangement from god • (Akkadian) god of the Moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna • an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will • ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle • the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet verb • commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law • commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake | ||||||||
sinfulness | nounn | |||||||
noun • estrangement from god | ||||||||
vice | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • moral weakness • a specific form of evildoing | ||||||||
villainy | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior • a criminal or vicious act | ||||||||
wrongdoing | nounn | |||||||
noun • departure from what is ethically acceptable • activity that transgresses moral or civil law | ||||||||
evilness | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice | ||||||||