Wicked
['wɪkɪd]
Definition
(a.) Having a wick; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wicked lamp.
(a.) Evil in principle or practice; deviating from morality; contrary to the moral or divine law; addicted to vice or sin; sinful; immoral; profligate; -- said of persons and things; as, a wicked king; a wicked woman; a wicked deed; wicked designs.
(a.) Cursed; baneful; hurtful; bad; pernicious; dangerous.
(a.) Ludicrously or sportively mischievous; disposed to mischief; roguish.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Sinful, vicious, depraved, unprincipled, immoral, impious, irreligious, unrighteous, ungodly, godless, profane, irreverent, worthless, graceless, vile, abandoned, corrupt, knavish, dishonest, roguish, trickish, TRICKY, good for nothing.[2]. Bad, evil, unjust, ill, atrocious, iniquitous, heinous, flagitious, nefarious, criminal, outrageous, monstrous, villanous.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Evil, bad, godless, sinful, immoral, iniquitous, criminal, unjust, unrighteous,irreligious, profane, ungodly, vicious, atrocious, black, dark, foul,unhallowed, nefarious, naughty, heinous, flagitious, abandoned, corrupt
ANT:Good, virtuous, just, godly, moral, religious, upright, honest, pure, honorable,incorrupt, sinless, spotless, immaculate, stainless
Typist: Ursula
Definition
adj. evil in principle or practice: deviating from morality: sinful: ungodly: mischievous: (prov.) active brisk.—n. (B.) a wicked person (pl.) wicked persons collectively.—adv. Wick′edly.—n. Wick′edness.—Wicked Bible an edition printed in 1632 in which the word 'not' was omitted in Exodus xx. 14.—The wicked one the devil.
Editor: Rhoda
Examples
- You naughty, wicked child,--you've been stealing this! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I could not help saying, If you were a wicked, designing man, how terrible would all this be! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Then you will think it wicked in me to wear it, said Celia, uneasily. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Dunno, Missis,--I spects cause I 's so wicked! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- There were odd little fires playing in his eyes, he seemed to have turned into something wicked and flickering, mocking, suggestive, quite impossible. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- For if the righteous are only unpunished, still they have no further reward, while the wicked may be unpunished and have the pleasure of sinning too. Plato. The Republic.
- Cause I 's wicked,--I is. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- You wicked, wicked girl! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Again the black smiled that wicked, knowing smile. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I would give up everything--almost (correcting herself); I would die rather than make you unhappy; that would be too wicked! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Now if one half of the people is bent upon proving how wicked a man is and the other half is determined to show how good he is, neither half will think very much about the nation. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It would not be wicked to love me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- This--this is wicked. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- O, now, dear George, that is really wicked! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Oh, you wicked old rascal,' cried one voice, 'looking arter the girls, are you? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Oh, my fear--my mad, miserable, wicked fear! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It was rather wicked; his lordship declared he was not frightened for himself, but only for Sophia. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It was wicked to let a young girl blindly decide her fate in that way, without any effort to save her. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- As I gained my feet the therns lowered their wicked rifles, their faces distorted in mingled chagrin, consternation, and alarm. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The wicked Colonel's will has left his Diamond as a birthday present to my cousin Rachel, says Mr. Franklin. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It was a grotesque little diagram of a grotesque little animal, so wicked and so comical, a slow smile came over Gudrun's face, unconsciously. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Don't do anything wicked; don't lay hands on yourself, or anybody else! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I almost mistrusted myself as growing quite wicked in my suspicions, but I was not so sure that Richard loved her dearly. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I was wrong; I was wicked. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I think that is quite wicked, Mary. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- And suppose I should grow wicked on the road? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Law, Betsy, how could you go for to tell such a wicked story! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Oh, her husband was a sad wicked man, and of course it was of me that the poor dear was jealous. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- What the poets and story-tellers say--that the wicked prosper and the righteous are afflicted, or that justice is another's gain? Plato. The Republic.
- Spects it's my wicked heart, said Topsy, demurely; Miss Feely says so. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Editor: Rhoda