"evilness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: evilness [singular], [plural]
Etymology: evil + -ness Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|evil|ness}} evil + -ness Head templates: {{noun4}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The quality of being evil. If you have evilness you behave badly.
    Sense id: simple-evilness-en-noun-3a~YGZbv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ness
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