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{
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{
"word": "good"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:evil",
"word": "angelic"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:evil",
"word": "benign"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:evil",
"word": "good-minded"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:evil",
"word": "just"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:evil",
"word": "moral"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:evil",
"word": "righteous"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:evil",
"word": "well-intentioned"
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"word": "colt's evil"
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"word": "evil be to him who evil thinks"
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"word": "evil day"
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{
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"word": "evil eye"
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{
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"word": "evil-eye"
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{
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"word": "evil genius"
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"word": "evil hour"
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"word": "evilize"
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"word": "evil laugh"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "evil laughter"
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"word": "evilly"
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{
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"word": "evil maid attack"
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{
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"word": "evil-minded"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "evilness"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Evil One"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "evil-speaking"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "evil turn"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "evil twin"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "evil willer"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "mid-evil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "nonevil"
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{
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"word": "pure evil"
}
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"2": "enm",
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"name": "inh"
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{
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},
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"2": "ang",
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},
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"name": "inh"
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{
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"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*ubil"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *ubil",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*ubilaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ubilaz",
"name": "inh"
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{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "eeuwel"
},
"expansion": "Saterland Frisian eeuwel",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "euvel"
},
"expansion": "Dutch euvel",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "övel"
},
"expansion": "Low German övel",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "übel"
},
"expansion": "German übel",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌻𐍃",
"t": "bad, evil"
},
"expansion": "Gothic 𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌻𐍃 (ubils, “bad, evil”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "",
"4": "*h₂up(h₁)élos"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂up(h₁)élos",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*h₂wep-",
"3": "*h₂wep(h₁)-, *h₂wop(h₁)-",
"4": "treat badly"
},
"expansion": "*h₂wep(h₁)-, *h₂wop(h₁)- (“treat badly”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "fel",
"3": "",
"4": "bad, evil"
},
"expansion": "Old Irish fel (“bad, evil”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cel-pro",
"2": "*uɸelos"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Celtic *uɸelos",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "hit",
"2": "𒄷𒉿𒀊𒍣",
"t": "to mistreat, harass",
"tr": "huwapp-ⁱ"
},
"expansion": "Hittite 𒄷𒉿𒀊𒍣 (huwapp-ⁱ, “to mistreat, harass”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "hit",
"2": "𒄷𒉿𒀊𒉺𒀸",
"t": "evil, badness",
"tr": "huwappa-"
},
"expansion": "𒄷𒉿𒀊𒉺𒀸 (huwappa-, “evil, badness”)",
"name": "m"
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
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"id": "adjectival"
},
"expansion": "-le",
"name": "m"
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{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "",
"3": "*upélos",
"4": "evil",
"lit": "going over or beyond (acceptable limits)"
},
"expansion": "*upélos (“evil”, literally “going over or beyond (acceptable limits)”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*upo"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *upo",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*h₃ewp-",
"3": "",
"4": "down, up, over"
},
"expansion": "*h₃ewp- (“down, up, over”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English yvel, evel, ivel, uvel, from Old English yfel, from Proto-West Germanic *ubil, from Proto-Germanic *ubilaz (compare Saterland Frisian eeuwel, Dutch euvel, Low German övel, German übel, Gothic 𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌻𐍃 (ubils, “bad, evil”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂up(h₁)élos, a deverbal derivative of *h₂wep(h₁)-, *h₂wop(h₁)- (“treat badly”). Compare Old Irish fel (“bad, evil”), from Proto-Celtic *uɸelos, and Hittite 𒄷𒉿𒀊𒍣 (huwapp-ⁱ, “to mistreat, harass”), 𒄷𒉿𒀊𒉺𒀸 (huwappa-, “evil, badness”). See -le for the supposed suffix.\nAlternatively from *upélos (“evil”, literally “going over or beyond (acceptable limits)”), from Proto-Indo-European *upo, *h₃ewp- (“down, up, over”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "eviller",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "eviler",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "more evil",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "evillest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "evilest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "most evil",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "eviller",
"2": "eviler",
"3": "more"
},
"expansion": "evil (comparative eviller or eviler or more evil, superlative evillest or evilest or most evil)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:evil",
"word": "villainy"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "an evil plot to brainwash and even kill innocent people",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1916, Zane Grey, chapter 10, in The Border Legion, New York: Harper & Bros., page 147",
"text": "He looked at her shapely person with something of the brazen and evil glance that had been so revolting to her in the eyes of those ruffians.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"text": "2006, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Wizard of the Crow, New York: Pantheon, Book Three, Section II, Chapter 3, p. 351,\n“Before this, I never had any cause to suspect my wife of any conspiracy.”\n“You mean it never crossed your mind that she might have been told to whisper evil thoughts in your ear at night?”"
},
{
"ref": "1989, Pilgrimage, volume 15, Human Sciences Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 7",
"text": "He tells secret dreams to strangers , imagines he can achieve art without discipline , regards all boundaries as evil , ignores ancestors , wants comfort and merging , believes cunning is wrong , and as a scholar or artist doesn't […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Intending to harm; malevolent."
],
"id": "en-evil-en-adj-8zjoGXdD",
"links": [
[
"Intending",
"intend"
],
[
"harm",
"harm"
],
[
"malevolent",
"malevolent"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "širrīr",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "شِرِّير"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šarīr",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "شَرِير"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šarīr",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "شرير"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "čʿar",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "չար"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "malu"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "gaizto"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zly",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "злы"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "loš",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "лош"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zǎl",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "зъл"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "malvat"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "dolent"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "maliciós"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "malèfic"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "roí"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "邪惡的"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xié'è de",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "邪恶的"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "壞的"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huài de",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "坏的"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiōnghěn",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "凶狠"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "ckt",
"lang": "Chukchi",
"roman": "nanṇėnaqėn",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "нанӈэнаӄэн"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "ckt",
"lang": "Chukchi",
"roman": "anṇėnaḷʹyn",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "анӈэнаԓьын"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "cop",
"lang": "Coptic",
"roman": "hoou",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "ϩⲟⲟⲩ"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zlý"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "ond"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "slem"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "slet"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "dårlig"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "skadelig"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "kwaadaardig"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "boosaardig"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "kwaad"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "slecht"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "euvel"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "boos"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "malbona"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "paha"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "kuri"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "óndur"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "óreinur"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "paha"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "pahantahtoinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "häijy"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "ilkeä"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "pirullinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mauvais"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "maléfique"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "méchant"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mao"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "boroṭi",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "ბოროტი"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "avi",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "ავი"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mavne",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "მავნე"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "böse"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "übel"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "ubils",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌻𐍃"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "unþiuþ",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌸"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kakós",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κακός"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ponērós",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "πονηρός"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "move"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "mechan"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "רע"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "merusha",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "מרושע"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "mba",
"lang": "Higaonon",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "madaut"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "hil",
"lang": "Hiligaynon",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "malain"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "duṣṭ",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "दुष्ट"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "burā",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "बुरा"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "pāpī",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "पापी"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "gonosz"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "illur"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ill f illt"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "vondur"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "slæmur"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "mala"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "ilo",
"lang": "Ilocano",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "balang"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "jahat"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "pakana"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "mal"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "malefic"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "malvagio"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "malevolo"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "maligno"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "malefico"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "perverso"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "diabolico"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "mefistofelico"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "infernale"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "demoniaco"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "satanico"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"alt": "わるい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "warui",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "悪い"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"alt": "じゃしん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jashin",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "邪心"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"alt": "じゃあくな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jaaku na",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "邪悪な"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "keṭṭa",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "ಕೆಟ್ಟ"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "duṣṭha",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"tags": [
"formal"
],
"word": "ದುಷ್ಠ"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qastyq",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "қастық"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ʼaakrɑk",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "អាក្រក់"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kaac",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "កាច"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "saakhada",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "사악하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "angnalhada",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "악랄하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "xirab"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "lmy",
"lang": "Laboya",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "bokala"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "lmy",
"lang": "Laboya",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "japata"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "sūa",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "ຊົ່ວ"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "ļauns"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "malus"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "ļauns"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "li",
"lang": "Limburgish",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "kwaod"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "li",
"lang": "Limburgish",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "euvel"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "piktas"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "blogas"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "luo",
"lang": "Luo",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "rach"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "loš",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "лош"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zol",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "зол"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "jahat"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "tinma",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "തിന്മ"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "swb",
"lang": "Maore Comorian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "-ovu"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "yvel"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "doo yáʼáshǫ́ǫ da"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "nap",
"lang": "Neapolitan",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "malo"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "ond"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "slem"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "oj",
"lang": "Ojibwe",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "maji-"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Church Slavic",
"roman": "zŭlŭ",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "зълъ"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "yfel"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "šarur",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "شرور"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "badkâr",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "بدکار"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "bees"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "iebel"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "zły"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "mau"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "maléfico"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "malvado"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "rgn",
"lang": "Romagnol",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "cativ"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "rău"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "răutăcios"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "hain"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "câinos"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zloj",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "злой"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "olc"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aingidheachd"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "urchaid"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "truaighe"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "за̏о"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "zȁo"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "duṣṭa",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "දුෂ්ට ඉතා නරක"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "zlý"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zèl"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hudôben"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "zły"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "zły"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "malo"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "malvado"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "malévolo"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "maléfico"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "perverso"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "-baya"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "ond"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "elak"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "masama"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "tīya",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "தீய"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "tyz",
"lang": "Tày",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "ác"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "duṣṭa",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "దుష్ట"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "deyyaṁ",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "దెయ్యం"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "chûua-ráai",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "ชั่วร้าย"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "chûua",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "ชั่ว"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "yolo"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "tpn",
"lang": "Tupinambá",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "poxy"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "kötücül"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "tyv",
"lang": "Tuvan",
"roman": "bak",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "бак"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zlyj",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "злий"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "ác"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 8 2 6",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "badik"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "If something is evil, it is never mandatory.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Do you think that companies that engage in animal testing are evil?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1848, Anne Brontë, chapter 41, in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall",
"text": "I had much trouble at first in breaking him of those evil habits his father had taught him to acquire […]",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1967, Chaim Potok, chapter 1, in The Chosen, New York: Fawcett Columbine, published 2003, page 14",
"text": "To the rabbis who taught in the Jewish parochial schools, baseball was an evil waste of time […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Morally corrupt."
],
"id": "en-evil-en-adj-Oh00GUoe",
"links": [
[
"Morally",
"morally"
],
[
"corrupt",
"corrupt"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 90 3 1 2 3",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "širrīr",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "شِرِّير"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 90 3 1 2 3",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šarīr",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "شَرِير"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 90 3 1 2 3",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "čʿar",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "չար"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 90 3 1 2 3",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "malváu"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 90 3 1 2 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "poróčen",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "поро́чен"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 90 3 1 2 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "malvat"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 90 3 1 2 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "dolent"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 90 3 1 2 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "ond"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 90 3 1 2 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "umoralsk"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 90 3 1 2 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "slecht"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 90 3 1 2 3",
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "ḏw",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Dw-w-G36"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 90 3 1 2 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "paha"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 90 3 1 2 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "ilkeä"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 90 3 1 2 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "malfaisant"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 90 3 1 2 3",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "ubils",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌻𐍃"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 90 3 1 2 3",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "unþiuþ",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌸"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 90 3 1 2 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kakós",
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*ubilaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ubilaz",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "eeuwel"
},
"expansion": "Saterland Frisian eeuwel",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "euvel"
},
"expansion": "Dutch euvel",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "övel"
},
"expansion": "Low German övel",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "übel"
},
"expansion": "German übel",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌻𐍃",
"t": "bad, evil"
},
"expansion": "Gothic 𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌻𐍃 (ubils, “bad, evil”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "",
"4": "*h₂up(h₁)élos"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂up(h₁)élos",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*h₂wep-",
"3": "*h₂wep(h₁)-, *h₂wop(h₁)-",
"4": "treat badly"
},
"expansion": "*h₂wep(h₁)-, *h₂wop(h₁)- (“treat badly”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "fel",
"3": "",
"4": "bad, evil"
},
"expansion": "Old Irish fel (“bad, evil”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cel-pro",
"2": "*uɸelos"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Celtic *uɸelos",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "hit",
"2": "𒄷𒉿𒀊𒍣",
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"tr": "huwapp-ⁱ"
},
"expansion": "Hittite 𒄷𒉿𒀊𒍣 (huwapp-ⁱ, “to mistreat, harass”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "hit",
"2": "𒄷𒉿𒀊𒉺𒀸",
"t": "evil, badness",
"tr": "huwappa-"
},
"expansion": "𒄷𒉿𒀊𒉺𒀸 (huwappa-, “evil, badness”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "-le",
"id": "adjectival"
},
"expansion": "-le",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "",
"3": "*upélos",
"4": "evil",
"lit": "going over or beyond (acceptable limits)"
},
"expansion": "*upélos (“evil”, literally “going over or beyond (acceptable limits)”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*upo"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *upo",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*h₃ewp-",
"3": "",
"4": "down, up, over"
},
"expansion": "*h₃ewp- (“down, up, over”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English yvel, evel, ivel, uvel, from Old English yfel, from Proto-West Germanic *ubil, from Proto-Germanic *ubilaz (compare Saterland Frisian eeuwel, Dutch euvel, Low German övel, German übel, Gothic 𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌻𐍃 (ubils, “bad, evil”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂up(h₁)élos, a deverbal derivative of *h₂wep(h₁)-, *h₂wop(h₁)- (“treat badly”). Compare Old Irish fel (“bad, evil”), from Proto-Celtic *uɸelos, and Hittite 𒄷𒉿𒀊𒍣 (huwapp-ⁱ, “to mistreat, harass”), 𒄷𒉿𒀊𒉺𒀸 (huwappa-, “evil, badness”). See -le for the supposed suffix.\nAlternatively from *upélos (“evil”, literally “going over or beyond (acceptable limits)”), from Proto-Indo-European *upo, *h₃ewp- (“down, up, over”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "evils",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "evil (countable and uncountable, plural evils)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "1 1 16 8 11 13 12 12 4 11 7 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 1 16 6 12 17 11 11 3 10 4 2 1 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "8 13 7 6 2 16 2 2 2 29 2 10",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Ethics",
"orig": "en:Ethics",
"parents": [
"Philosophy",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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{
"text": "The evils of society include murder and theft.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Evil lacks spirituality, hence its need for mind control.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1963, Martin Luther King, Jr., “The Death of Evil upon the Seashore”, in Strength to Love, New York: Pocket Books, published 1964, →OCLC, page 71",
"text": "IS ANYTHING more obvious than the presence of evil in the universe? Its nagging, prehensile tentacles project into every level of human existence. We may debate the origin of evil, but only a victim of superficial optimism would debate its reality. Evil is stark, grim, and colossally real.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good."
],
"id": "en-evil-en-noun-FJYjA3u4",
"links": [
[
"wickedness",
"wickedness"
],
[
"malevolence",
"malevolence"
],
[
"good",
"good"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šarr",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "شَرّ"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "čʿarutʿyun",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "չարություն"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "čʿarikʿ",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "չարիք"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "şər"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zlo",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "зло"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "líxa",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "лі́ха"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zlo",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "зло"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "a.ku.suil",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "အကုသိုလ်"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "ma.kaung:hmu.",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "မကောင်းမှု"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mal"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "demonyo"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "邪惡"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xié'è",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "邪恶"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "惡"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "è",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "恶"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "zlo"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "dlm",
"lang": "Dalmatian",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mul"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ond"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ondskab"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kwade"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kwaad"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "slechte"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "euvel"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "dz",
"english": "ma rungs pa",
"lang": "Dzongkha",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "མ་རུངས་པ"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "ḏwt",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Dw-w-t:nDs"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "malbono"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "kurjus"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "pahe"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "paha"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "pahuus"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mal"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mâl"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "boroṭeba",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "ბოროტება"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "siboroṭe",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "სიბოროტე"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "siave",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "სიავე"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Böse"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Übel"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kakó",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "κακό"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kakía",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κακία"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kakía",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κακία"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "mal"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "burāī",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "बुराई"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "duṣṭatā",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "दुष्टता"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "gonosz"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "illska"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vonska"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "malo"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "pahhuus"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "male"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "malevolenza"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "malignità"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"alt": "じゃあく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jaaku",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "邪悪"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"alt": "じゃしん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jashin",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "邪心"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"alt": "あく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "aku",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "悪"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qastyq",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "қастық"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "jamandyq",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "жамандық"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "jauyzdyq",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "жауыздық"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "baap",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "បាប"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"alt": "惡",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ak",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "악"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"alt": "邪惡",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "saak",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "사악"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"alt": "惡辣",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "angnal",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "악랄"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "xirabî"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "jamandık",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "жамандык"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kastık",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "кастык"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "bāp",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "ບາບ"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "khuām sūa",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "ຄວາມຊົ່ວ"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "malum"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ļaunums"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "blogis"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zlo",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "зло"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "jahat"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "tinma",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "തിന്മ"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "kino"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "yvel"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "onde"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ondskap"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "mal"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2",
"code": "orv",
"lang": "Old East Slavic",
"roman": "zŭlo",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "зъло"
},
{
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"text": "1937, Robert Byron, The Road to Oxiana, London: Macmillan, Part V, “Mazar-i-Sherif,” p. 282,\nIt was an evil day, sticky and leaden: Oxiana looked as colourless and suburban as India."
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"word": "ბოროტი"
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"code": "ka",
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"roman": "avi",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "ავი"
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{
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"word": "მავნე"
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"code": "got",
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"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌻𐍃"
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"code": "got",
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"roman": "unþiuþ",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌸"
},
{
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"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "mechan"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "רע"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "merusha",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "מרושע"
},
{
"code": "mba",
"lang": "Higaonon",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "madaut"
},
{
"code": "hil",
"lang": "Hiligaynon",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "malain"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "duṣṭ",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "दुष्ट"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "burā",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "बुरा"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "pāpī",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "पापी"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "gonosz"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "illur"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ill f illt"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "vondur"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "slæmur"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "mala"
},
{
"code": "ilo",
"lang": "Ilocano",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "balang"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "jahat"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "pakana"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "mal"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "malefic"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "malvagio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "malevolo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "maligno"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "malefico"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "perverso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "diabolico"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "mefistofelico"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "infernale"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "demoniaco"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "satanico"
},
{
"alt": "わるい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "warui",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "悪い"
},
{
"alt": "じゃしん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jashin",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "邪心"
},
{
"alt": "じゃあくな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jaaku na",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "邪悪な"
},
{
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "keṭṭa",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "ಕೆಟ್ಟ"
},
{
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "duṣṭha",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"tags": [
"formal"
],
"word": "ದುಷ್ಠ"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qastyq",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "қастық"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ʼaakrɑk",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "អាក្រក់"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kaac",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "កាច"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "saakhada",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "사악하다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "angnalhada",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "악랄하다"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "xirab"
},
{
"code": "lmy",
"lang": "Laboya",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "bokala"
},
{
"code": "lmy",
"lang": "Laboya",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "japata"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "sūa",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "ຊົ່ວ"
},
{
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "ļauns"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "malus"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "ļauns"
},
{
"code": "li",
"lang": "Limburgish",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "kwaod"
},
{
"code": "li",
"lang": "Limburgish",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "euvel"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "piktas"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "blogas"
},
{
"code": "luo",
"lang": "Luo",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "rach"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "loš",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "лош"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zol",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "зол"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "jahat"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "tinma",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "തിന്മ"
},
{
"code": "swb",
"lang": "Maore Comorian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "-ovu"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "yvel"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "doo yáʼáshǫ́ǫ da"
},
{
"code": "nap",
"lang": "Neapolitan",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "malo"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "ond"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "slem"
},
{
"code": "oj",
"lang": "Ojibwe",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "maji-"
},
{
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Church Slavic",
"roman": "zŭlŭ",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "зълъ"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "yfel"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "šarur",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "شرور"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "badkâr",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "بدکار"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "bees"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "iebel"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "zły"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "mau"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "maléfico"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "malvado"
},
{
"code": "rgn",
"lang": "Romagnol",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "cativ"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "rău"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "răutăcios"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "hain"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "câinos"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zloj",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "злой"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "olc"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aingidheachd"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "urchaid"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "truaighe"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "за̏о"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "zȁo"
},
{
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "duṣṭa",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "දුෂ්ට ඉතා නරක"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "zlý"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zèl"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hudôben"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "zły"
},
{
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "zły"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "malo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "malvado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "malévolo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "maléfico"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "perverso"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "-baya"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "ond"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "elak"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "masama"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "tīya",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "தீய"
},
{
"code": "tyz",
"lang": "Tày",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "ác"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "duṣṭa",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "దుష్ట"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "deyyaṁ",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "దెయ్యం"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "chûua-ráai",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "ชั่วร้าย"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "chûua",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "ชั่ว"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "yolo"
},
{
"code": "tpn",
"lang": "Tupinambá",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "poxy"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "kötücül"
},
{
"code": "tyv",
"lang": "Tuvan",
"roman": "bak",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "бак"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zlyj",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "злий"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "ác"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "intending to harm",
"word": "badik"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "širrīr",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "شِرِّير"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šarīr",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "شَرِير"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "čʿar",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "չար"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "malváu"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "poróčen",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "поро́чен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "malvat"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "dolent"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "ond"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "umoralsk"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "slecht"
},
{
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "ḏw",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Dw-w-G36"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "paha"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "ilkeä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "malfaisant"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "ubils",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌻𐍃"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "unþiuþ",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌸"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kakós",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κακός"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "fávlos",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "φαύλος"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kakós",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "κακός"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ponērós",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "πονηρός"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "רשע"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "malvagio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "cattivo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "malevolo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "corrotto"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "dael kʰooc sǝl tʰoa",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "ដែលខូចសីលធម"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "xirab"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "malignus"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "ļauns"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "kino"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "yvel"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "yfel"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "šarurâne",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "شرورانه"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "palid",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "پلید"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "faž",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "فژ"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "bees"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "iebel"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "mal"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "malvado"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "saqra"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "rău"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "depravat"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "decăzut"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "desfrânat"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poróčnyj",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "поро́чный"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "pāpa",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"word": "पाप"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "по̀ква̄рен"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "morally corrupt",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
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"word": "fox evil"
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{
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{
"word": "lesser evil"
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{
"word": "lesser of two evils"
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{
"word": "lousy evil"
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{
"word": "money is the root of all evil"
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{
"word": "necessary evil"
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{
"word": "poll evil"
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{
"word": "problem of evil"
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{
"word": "quarter-evil"
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{
"word": "root of all evil"
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{
"word": "snowshoe evil"
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{
"word": "social evil"
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{
"word": "stag-evil"
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"word": "sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof"
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"text": "Evil lacks spirituality, hence its need for mind control.",
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{
"ref": "1963, Martin Luther King, Jr., “The Death of Evil upon the Seashore”, in Strength to Love, New York: Pocket Books, published 1964, →OCLC, page 71",
"text": "IS ANYTHING more obvious than the presence of evil in the universe? Its nagging, prehensile tentacles project into every level of human existence. We may debate the origin of evil, but only a victim of superficial optimism would debate its reality. Evil is stark, grim, and colossally real.",
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"ipa": "/ˈiːvl̩/",
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šarr",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "شَرّ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "čʿarutʿyun",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "չարություն"
},
{
"code": "hy",
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"roman": "čʿarikʿ",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "չարիք"
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{
"code": "az",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "şər"
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"code": "be",
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"roman": "zlo",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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},
{
"code": "be",
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"roman": "líxa",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "лі́ха"
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{
"code": "bg",
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"neuter"
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"code": "my",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "အကုသိုလ်"
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"code": "my",
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"roman": "ma.kaung:hmu.",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "မကောင်းမှု"
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
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"code": "ceb",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "demonyo"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "邪惡"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xié'è",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "邪恶"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "惡"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "è",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "恶"
},
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"code": "dlm",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
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"common-gender"
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"word": "ond"
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{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kwade"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kwaad"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "slechte"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
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"neuter"
],
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"code": "dz",
"english": "ma rungs pa",
"lang": "Dzongkha",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "མ་རུངས་པ"
},
{
"code": "egy",
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"roman": "ḏwt",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"code": "eo",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "malbono"
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{
"code": "et",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "kurjus"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "pahe"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "paha"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "pahuus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mal"
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{
"code": "fur",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mâl"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "boroṭeba",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "ბოროტება"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "siboroṭe",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "სიბოროტე"
},
{
"code": "ka",
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"roman": "siave",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "სიავე"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Böse"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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"code": "el",
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"roman": "kakó",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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},
{
"code": "el",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
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"code": "grc",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "ht",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "mal"
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{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "burāī",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "बुराई"
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{
"code": "hi",
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"roman": "duṣṭatā",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "दुष्टता"
},
{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "illska"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vonska"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "malo"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "pahhuus"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "male"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "malevolenza"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "malignità"
},
{
"alt": "じゃあく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jaaku",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "邪悪"
},
{
"alt": "じゃしん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jashin",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "邪心"
},
{
"alt": "あく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "aku",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "悪"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qastyq",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "қастық"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "jamandyq",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "жамандық"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "jauyzdyq",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "жауыздық"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "baap",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "បាប"
},
{
"alt": "惡",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ak",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "악"
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{
"alt": "邪惡",
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"lang": "Korean",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "ບາບ"
},
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"code": "lo",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "ຄວາມຊົ່ວ"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
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"code": "lt",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
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"code": "ang",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
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"neuter"
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"code": "ps",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "fa",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "بدی"
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{
"code": "fa",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "شر"
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{
"code": "fa",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "فژه"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
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"neuter"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
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"neuter"
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{
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
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"feminine"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "зло"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "ли́хо"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xúdo",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ху́до"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "mabi"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "mai"
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{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "male"
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{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "mali"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
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"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "зло̏"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
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"Roman",
"neuter"
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"word": "zlȍ"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "zlo"
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"code": "sl",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "zlò"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mal"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
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"common-gender"
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"word": "ond"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
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"code": "tg",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "бадӣ"
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{
"code": "tg",
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{
"code": "tg",
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"word": "шар"
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{
"code": "tt",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "явызлык"
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{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kwaam-chûua-ráai",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "ความชั่วร้าย"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bàap",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "บาป"
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"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "yolaiññe"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "kötülük"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "ýamanlyk"
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"code": "tvl",
"lang": "Tuvaluan",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "amiomasei"
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "zlo",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "lýxo",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
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"neuter"
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"word": "ли́хо"
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"code": "ur",
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"roman": "badī",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "بَدی"
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"code": "ur",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
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"code": "ur",
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"roman": "śar",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "شَر"
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"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "yomonlik"
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"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
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{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
"word": "kwea"
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"code": "mww",
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"sense": "moral badness, wickedness",
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"sense": "impairment of happiness or well-being",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "grc",
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"sense": "impairment of happiness or well-being",
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"evil (disambiguation)"
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"injuriously, harmfully; in a damaging way."
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"(obsolete) injuriously, harmfully; in a damaging way."
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"text": "It went evil with him."
},
{
"ref": "1570, William Lambard, quoting Horace, A Perambulation of Kent, published 1596, page 341",
"text": "But (as the Poet ſaith) Malè ſarta gratia, nequicquam coit, & reſcinditur: Friendſhip, that is but euill peeced, will not ioine cloſe, but falleth aſunder againe:",
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"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": itā naraka vs. duṣṭa",
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