evil-minded

[ ee-vuhl-mahyn-did ]

/ ˈi vəlˈmaɪn dɪd /

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adjective

having an evil disposition or harmful, malicious intentions.

disposed to construe words, phrases, etc., in a lascivious, lewd manner; salacious.

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Origin of evil-minded

First recorded in 1525–35

OTHER WORDS FROM evil-minded

e·vil-mind·ed·ly, adverbe·vil-mind·ed·ness, noun

Words nearby evil-minded

evidentiary, evidently, evil, evildoer, evil eye, evil-minded, Evil One, evil twin, evince, evincive, eviscerate

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How to use evil-minded in a sentence

But along with the cartoon funk is an all-too-real story of police brutality embodied by a horde of evil Pigs.
‘Black Dynamite’ Presents Police Brutality: The Musical|Stereo Williams|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Or has the see and hear and speak-no-evil stance of the Republican House persuaded him that he is in the clear?
The Price of Steve Scalise’s Silence|Jason Berry|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
One wonders if his subsequent battles with the “Evil Empire” were animated by this belief.
The Evangelical Apocalypse Is All Your Fault|Jay Michaelson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Luke Skywalker is an evil robot who has fallen to the dark side of the force.
Juiciest ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Rumors (and Some Debunked Ones)|Rich Goldstein|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST

The skateboarder is as irredeemably evil as the others are noble.
The 2014 Novel of the Year|Nathaniel Rich|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He alludes to it as one of their evil customs and used by them to produce insensibility.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
The Majesty on high has a colony and a people on earth, which otherwise is under the supremacy of the Evil One.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
Good is set against evil, and life against death: so also is the sinner against a just man.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
All felt strangely as if something evil had crept into their lives, and their excitement was great.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
They will reach you by the hands of Mr. Mackenzie, a worldly-minded Scotch merchant, but honest as to earthly things.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills

British Dictionary definitions for evil-minded

evil-minded

adjective

inclined to evil thoughts; wicked; malicious or spiteful

Derived forms of evil-minded

evil-mindedly, adverbevil-mindedness, noun

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