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The correct spelling is evil.
How to pronounce evil
/ˈivəl/
nounIPA: /ˈivəl/
Say it like: Evi-l
The correct spelling is evil. Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good. For example: "Evil lacks spirituality, hence its need for mind control."
Usage Examples
“Evil lacks spirituality, hence its need for mind control.”
“an evil plot to brainwash and even kill innocent people”
“Do you think that companies that engage in animal testing are evil?”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.
- 2.Something which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; something which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; harm; injury; mischief.
- 3.A malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil (scrofula).
adjective
- 1.Intending to harm; malevolent.
- 2.Morally corrupt.
- 3.Unpleasant, foul (of odour, taste, mood, weather, etc.).
- 4.Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous.
- 5.Having harmful qualities; not good; worthless or deleterious.
adverb
- 1.Wickedly, evilly, iniquitously
- 2.Injuriously, harmfully; in a damaging way.
- 3.Badly, poorly; in an insufficient way.
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