evil

Etymology 1
From, , , , from , from , from (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), from , a deverbal derivative of. Compare 🇨🇬, from 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬,. See for the supposed suffix.

Alternatively from, from ,.

Adjective

 * 1) Intending to harm; malevolent.
 * 2) * 2006,, , New York: Pantheon, Book Three, Section II, Chapter 3, p. 351,
 * “Before this, I never had any cause to suspect my wife of any conspiracy.”
 * “You mean it never crossed your mind that she might have been told to whisper evil thoughts in your ear at night?”
 * 1) Morally corrupt.
 * 2) Unpleasant, foul (of odour, taste, mood, weather, etc.).
 * 3) * 1660, John Harding (translator),  his Archidoxis, London: W.S., Book 7, “Of an Odoriferous Specifick,” p. 100,
 * An Odoriferous Specifick is a Matter that takes away Diseases from the Sick, no otherwise then as Civet drives away the stinck of Ordure by its Odour; for you are to observe, That the Specifick doth permix it self with this evil Odour of the Dung; and the stink of the Dung cannot hurt, no[r] abide there
 * 1) * 1937,, , London: Macmillan, Part V, “Mazar-i-Sherif,” p. 282,
 * It was an evil day, sticky and leaden: Oxiana looked as colourless and suburban as India.
 * 1) Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous.
 * 2)  Having harmful qualities; not good; worthless or deleterious.
 * 3)  Undesirable; harmful; bad practice.
 * 1) Unpleasant, foul (of odour, taste, mood, weather, etc.).
 * 2) * 1660, John Harding (translator),  his Archidoxis, London: W.S., Book 7, “Of an Odoriferous Specifick,” p. 100,
 * An Odoriferous Specifick is a Matter that takes away Diseases from the Sick, no otherwise then as Civet drives away the stinck of Ordure by its Odour; for you are to observe, That the Specifick doth permix it self with this evil Odour of the Dung; and the stink of the Dung cannot hurt, no[r] abide there
 * 1) * 1937,, , London: Macmillan, Part V, “Mazar-i-Sherif,” p. 282,
 * It was an evil day, sticky and leaden: Oxiana looked as colourless and suburban as India.
 * 1) Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous.
 * 2)  Having harmful qualities; not good; worthless or deleterious.
 * 3)  Undesirable; harmful; bad practice.
 * 1) Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous.
 * 2)  Having harmful qualities; not good; worthless or deleterious.
 * 3)  Undesirable; harmful; bad practice.
 * 1)  Having harmful qualities; not good; worthless or deleterious.
 * 2)  Undesirable; harmful; bad practice.
 * 1)  Having harmful qualities; not good; worthless or deleterious.
 * 2)  Undesirable; harmful; bad practice.
 * 1)  Undesirable; harmful; bad practice.
 * 1)  Undesirable; harmful; bad practice.
 * 1)  Undesirable; harmful; bad practice.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:evil
 * See also Thesaurus:evil
 * See also Thesaurus:evil
 * See also Thesaurus:evil
 * See also Thesaurus:evil

Translations

 * Arabic: ,
 * Egyptian Arabic: شرير
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian:
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: злы
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:, , , ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Chukchi: нанӈэнаӄэн, анӈэнаԓьын
 * Coptic: ϩⲟⲟⲩ
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, , slet, dårlig,
 * Dutch:, , , , ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: ,
 * Faroese:, óreinur
 * Finnish:, , , ,
 * French:, , ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ბოროტი, ავი, მავნე
 * German: ,
 * Gothic: 𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌻𐍃, 𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌸
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πονηρός
 * Haitian Creole: move, mechan
 * Hebrew:, מרושע
 * Higaonon: madaut
 * Hiligaynon: malain
 * Hindi:, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:, , ,
 * Ido:
 * Ilocano: balang
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: pakana
 * Interlingua: mal, malefic
 * Italian:, , , , , , , , ,
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kannada:, ದುಷ್ಠ
 * Kazakh: қастық
 * Khmer: ,
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Laboya: bokala, japata
 * Lao:
 * Latgalian: ļauns
 * Latin:
 * Latvian:
 * Limburgish: ,
 * Lithuanian: ,
 * Luhya:
 * Luo: rach
 * Macedonian: лош, зол
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maore Comorian: ovu
 * Marathi: दुष्ट, वाईट
 * Middle English: yvel
 * Navajo: doo yáʼáshǫ́ǫ da
 * Neapolitan: malo
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Ojibwe: maji-
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: зълъ
 * Old English:
 * Persian: ,
 * Plautdietsch: bees, iebel
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romagnol: cativ
 * Romanian:, , ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: olc, aingidheachd, urchaid, truaighe
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: за̏о
 * Roman:
 * Sinhalese: දුෂ්ට ඉතා නරක
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:, hudôben
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: zły
 * Upper Sorbian: zły
 * Spanish:, , , maléfico,
 * Swahili: -baya
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: masama
 * Tamil:
 * Tày: ác
 * Telugu: ,
 * Thai: ,
 * Tocharian B: yolo
 * Tupinambá: poxy
 * Turkish:
 * Tuvan: бак
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:


 * Arabic: ,
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: malváu
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Danish:, umoralsk
 * Dutch:
 * Egyptian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Gothic: 𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌻𐍃, 𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌸
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: κακός, πονηρός
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Khmer: ដែលខូចសីលធម
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Latin: malignus
 * Latvian:
 * Maori:
 * Marathi: दुष्ट
 * Middle English: yvel
 * Old English:
 * Persian: شرورانه, ,
 * Plautdietsch: bees, iebel
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Quechua: saqra
 * Romanian:, , ,
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: по̀ква̄рен
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: zlo
 * Spanish: ,
 * Tày: ác
 * Tocharian B: yolo
 * Tok Pisin: nogut
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh: abred, adwythig
 * White Hmong: phem


 * Finnish:
 * French:

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 combination, as in,.
 * 1) 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.
 * 2)  A malady or disease; especially in combination, as in,.
 * 1) 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.
 * 2)  A malady or disease; especially in combination, as in,.
 * 1)  A malady or disease; especially in combination, as in,.
 * 1)  A malady or disease; especially in combination, as in,.
 * 1)  A malady or disease; especially in combination, as in,.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: зло, лі́ха
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: demonyo
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dalmatian: mul
 * Danish:, ondskab
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Dzongkha: མ་རུངས་པ
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto: malbono
 * Estonian:, pahe
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Friulian: mâl
 * Georgian: ბოროტება, სიბოროტე, სიავე
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: κακία
 * Haitian Creole: mal
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:, vonska
 * Ido:
 * Ingrian: pahhuus
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kazakh: қастық, жамандық, жауыздық
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:, ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz:, кастык
 * Lao:, ຄວາມຊົ່ວ
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: ļaunums
 * Lithuanian: blogis
 * Macedonian: зло
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori:
 * Marathi: दुष्टता
 * Middle English: yvel
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Occitan:
 * Old East Slavic: зъло, *лихо
 * Old English:
 * Pashto: ,
 * Persian:, ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Sardinian: mabi, mai, male, mali
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: зло̏
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: zlo
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tajik:, шарр, шар
 * Tatar:
 * Thai: ,
 * Tocharian B: yolaiññe
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: ýamanlyk
 * Tuvaluan: amiomasei
 * Ukrainian: зло,
 * Urdu: بَدی, بُرائی, شَر
 * Uzbek:, ,
 * Vietnamese: cái ác
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh: drygioni
 * West Frisian: kwea
 * White Hmong: qhov phem


 * Arabic:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: κακόν


 * Hebrew: ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Tupinambá:

Etymology 2
From, , , , from , a derivative of the adjective. Often reinterpreted as the noun in the later language (as in "to speak evil").

Adverb

 * 1)   wickedly, evilly, iniquitously
 * 2)  injuriously, harmfully; in a damaging way.
 * 3)  badly, poorly; in an insufficient way.
 * It went evil with him.
 * 1)  badly, poorly; in an insufficient way.
 * It went evil with him.

Usage notes
This adverb was usually used in conjunction with.