"evildoer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈiːvəlˌduːə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈivəlˌduːɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-evildoer.wav Forms: evildoers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English yvel doer; equivalent to evil + doer. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|yvel doer}} Middle English yvel doer, {{compound|en|evil|doer}} evil + doer Head templates: {{en-noun}} evildoer (plural evildoers)
  1. A person who performs evil acts. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: evil-doer Translations (person who performs evil acts): keqbërës (Albanian), κακοῦργος (kakoûrgos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), κακοποιός (kakopoiós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), gaizkile (Basque), злачы́нец (zlačýnjec) [masculine] (Belarusian), злоде́й (zlodéj) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 壞分子 (Chinese Mandarin), 坏分子 (huàifènzi) (Chinese Mandarin), 壞人 (Chinese Mandarin), 坏人 (huàirén) (Chinese Mandarin), pachatel [masculine] (Czech), pachatelka [feminine] (Czech), overtreder [masculine] (Dutch), slechterik [masculine] (Dutch), fiulo (Esperanto), malbonfaranto (Esperanto), pahantekijä (Finnish), pahis (Finnish), malfaiteur [masculine] (French), malfaitrice [feminine] (French), méchant [masculine] (French), méchante [feminine] (French), malfeitor (Galician), ბოროტმოქმედი (boroṭmokmedi) (Georgian), Übeltäter [masculine] (German), Übeltäterin [feminine] (German), Frevler [masculine] (German), Frevlerin [feminine] (German), 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌾𐌰 (waidēdja) [masculine] (Gothic), illvirki [masculine] (Icelandic), pahantekijä (Ingrian), pilluri (Ingrian), ainbheartach [masculine] (Irish), malfattore [masculine] (Italian), 悪人 (alt: あくにん, akunin, わろびと, warubito) (Japanese), 邪悪な人 (jaaku na hito) (alt: じゃあくなひと) (Japanese), 姦人 (kanjin) (alt: かんじん) (Japanese), 나쁜 짓을 하는 사람 (nappeun jis-eul haneun saram) (Korean), 악인 (agin) (alt: 惡人) (Korean), maleficus [masculine] (Latin), malefactor [masculine] (Latin), ļaundaris [masculine] (Latvian), paduch [masculine] (Lower Sorbian), злотвор (zlotvor) [masculine] (Macedonian), yvel doer (Middle English), mfasiki [class-1, class-2] (Ngazidja Comorian), złoczyńca [masculine] (Polish), malfeitor [masculine] (Portuguese), злоумы́шленник (zloumýšlennik) [masculine] (Russian), злоумы́шленница (zloumýšlennica) [feminine] (Russian), зло̏твор [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), zlȍtvor [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), malhechor [masculine] (Spanish), malhechora [feminine] (Spanish), mpotovu [class-1, class-2] (Swahili), దోషకారి (dōṣakāri) (Telugu), yolo-yāmi (Tocharian B), злочи́нець (zločýnecʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
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          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
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          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
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          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
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          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
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          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
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          "code": "eo",
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          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
          "word": "malbonfaranto"
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          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
          "word": "pahantekijä"
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          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
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          "word": "méchant"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
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          "word": "méchante"
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          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
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          "code": "ka",
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          "roman": "boroṭmokmedi",
          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
          "word": "ბოროტმოქმედი"
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          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
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          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "waidēdja",
          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
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          "word": "𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌾𐌰"
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          "roman": "kakoûrgos",
          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
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          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
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          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
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          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
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          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
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          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
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          "word": "malfattore"
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          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
          "word": "悪人"
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          "roman": "jaaku na hito",
          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
          "word": "邪悪な人"
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          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
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          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
          "word": "나쁜 짓을 하는 사람"
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          "word": "maleficus"
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          "word": "ļaundaris"
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          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
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          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
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          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
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          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
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          "word": "złoczyńca"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
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          "word": "malfeitor"
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          "roman": "zloumýšlennik",
          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
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          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
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          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
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            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "zlȍtvor"
        },
        {
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "paduch"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "malhechor"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "malhechora"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
          "tags": [
            "class-1",
            "class-2"
          ],
          "word": "mpotovu"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "dōṣakāri",
          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
          "word": "దోషకారి"
        },
        {
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
          "word": "yolo-yāmi"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zločýnecʹ",
          "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "злочи́нець"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈiːvəlˌduːə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈivəlˌduːɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "evildoer"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "do-gooder"
    },
    {
      "word": "benefactor"
    },
    {
      "word": "welldoer"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "yvel doer"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "evil",
        "3": "doer"
      },
      "expansion": "evil + doer",
      "name": "compound"
    }
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    {
      "form": "evildoers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "evildoer (plural evildoers)",
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    }
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        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Albanian translations",
        "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
        "Terms with Basque translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Gothic translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Ingrian translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Latvian translations",
        "Terms with Lower Sorbian translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Middle English translations",
        "Terms with Ngazidja Comorian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swahili translations",
        "Terms with Telugu translations",
        "Terms with Tocharian B translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "en:People"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 37:1:",
          "text": "Fret not thy ſelfe becauſe of euill doers, neither bee thou enuious againſt the workers of iniquitie.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:",
          "text": "\"But gallantly they fought. Oh Hiya! they fought like very men, and slew many, and held their own, and then I came and saved them, and the evildoers have I sent on hither to Kôr to be judged of thy greatness, oh She! and here they are.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1944, H. Lorna Bingham, Tuckonie's Warrior Friend, page 29, column 2:",
          "text": "\"Come out, Noongah, you evil doer! It is I, Gulunna the warrior, returned!\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who performs evil acts."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "perform",
          "perform"
        ],
        [
          "evil",
          "evil#Adjective"
        ],
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          "acts",
          "act#Noun"
        ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈiːvəlˌduːə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈivəlˌduːɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "evil-doer"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "word": "keqbërës"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "word": "gaizkile"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zlačýnjec",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "злачы́нец"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zlodéj",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "злоде́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "word": "壞分子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huàifènzi",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "word": "坏分子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "word": "壞人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huàirén",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "word": "坏人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pachatel"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pachatelka"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "overtreder"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "slechterik"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "word": "fiulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "word": "malbonfaranto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "word": "pahantekijä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "word": "pahis"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "malfaiteur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "malfaitrice"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "méchant"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "méchante"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "word": "malfeitor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "boroṭmokmedi",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "word": "ბოროტმოქმედი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Übeltäter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Übeltäterin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Frevler"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Frevlerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "waidēdja",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌾𐌰"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kakoûrgos",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κακοῦργος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kakopoiós",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κακοποιός"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "illvirki"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "word": "pahantekijä"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "word": "pilluri"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ainbheartach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "malfattore"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あくにん, akunin, わろびと, warubito",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "word": "悪人"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じゃあくなひと",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jaaku na hito",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "word": "邪悪な人"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かんじん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kanjin",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "word": "姦人"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "nappeun jis-eul haneun saram",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "word": "나쁜 짓을 하는 사람"
    },
    {
      "alt": "惡人",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "agin",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "word": "악인"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maleficus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "malefactor"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ļaundaris"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zlotvor",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "злотвор"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "word": "yvel doer"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2"
      ],
      "word": "mfasiki"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "złoczyńca"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "malfeitor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zloumýšlennik",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "злоумы́шленник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zloumýšlennica",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "злоумы́шленница"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зло̏твор"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zlȍtvor"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paduch"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "malhechor"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "malhechora"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2"
      ],
      "word": "mpotovu"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "dōṣakāri",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "word": "దోషకారి"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "word": "yolo-yāmi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zločýnecʹ",
      "sense": "person who performs evil acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "злочи́нець"
    }
  ],
  "word": "evildoer"
}

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