EVIL

Evil

Evil is profound immorality. In certain religious contexts evil has been described as a supernatural force. Definitions of evil vary, as does the analysis of its root motives and causes. However, elements that are commonly associated with evil involve unbalanced behavior involving expediency, selfishness, ignorance, or neglect.

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evil

Noun

  1. Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.
  2. Anything which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; anything which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; injury; mischief; harm.
  3. A malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil (scrofula).

Adjective

  1. Intending to harm; malevolent.
    Do you think that companies that engage in animal testing are evil?
  2. Morally corrupt.
    an evil plot to kill innocent people
  3. Unpleasant.
  4. Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous.
  5. Having harmful qualities; not good; worthless or deleterious.
    an evil beast; an evil plant; an evil crop
  6. undesirable; harmful; bad practice
    Global variables are evil; storing processing context in object member variables allows those objects to be reused in a much more flexible way.


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