Wickedness
['wɪkɪdnɪs]
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being wicked; departure from the rules of the divine or the moral law; evil disposition or practices; immorality; depravity; sinfulness.
(n.) A wicked thing or act; crime; sin; iniquity.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Sin, evil, depravity, vice, immorality, unrighteousness, sinfulness, crime, criminality, villany, rascality, knavery.[2]. Atrocity, iniquity, enormity, flagitiousness.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Vice, evil, inturpitude, immorality, offence, vileness, villainy, badness,corruption,[See ALTOGETHER_and_COMPLETELY]
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Unserious Contents or Definition
A myth invented by good people to account for the singular attractiveness of others.
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Examples
- There is more in it than thou dost guess, Conrade; thy simplicity is no match for this deep abyss of wickedness. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I say that these monstrous laws of yours will bring a curse upon the land--God will not let such wickedness endure. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I had been the author of unalterable evils; and I lived in daily fear, lest the monster whom I had created should perpetrate some new wickedness. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The witch shall be taken out of the land, and the wickedness thereof shall be forgiven. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Think of the deeds of hellish cruelty, the hidden wickedness which may go on, year in, year out, in such places, and none the wiser. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- What subtle wickedness had the Count planned and executed in my absence? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I will not hear it from your lips, and with the taint of your wickedness upon it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I mention it because I am determined to bring Sir Percival Glyde to account for the wickedness he has committed. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The eyes of that monster of wickedness moistened while he was speaking to me--they did, Walter! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The wickedness has not been taken out of you, wherever you have sojourned. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I hope he may repent of all the wickedness and sin to which he has been a party. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I hear some one saying that wickedness is not easily concealed, to which I reply that nothing great is easy. Plato. The Republic.
- Oh ye unhappy perpetrators of this horrid wickedness! Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- But I hear some one exclaiming that the concealment of wickedness is often difficult; to which I answer, Nothing great is easy. Plato. The Republic.
- I know that it is a sin and wickedness to say the thing which is not, and I will truly beware of doing so on this occasion. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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