evil-minded
Americanadjective
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having an evil disposition or harmful, malicious intentions.
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disposed to construe words, phrases, etc., in a lascivious, lewd manner; salacious.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- evil-mindedly adverb
- evil-mindedness noun
Etymology
Origin of evil-minded
First recorded in 1525–35
Example Sentences
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President Tinubu condemned the "evil-minded" terror groups - and MPs in the UK have called for the protection of freedom of worship in Nigeria.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
“He’s not an evil-minded guy,” he said of Malvo.
From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2014
Outside in the lane, however, lurks an evil-minded stranger, his story the more powerful for never being brought into the light; and sometimes intruders arrive under the cloak of friendship.
From The Guardian • Mar. 6, 2013
The bug enables an evil-minded e-mailer to send an attachment whose file name can be an executable program thousands of lines long.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lizabeth might fall over dead if she know some evil-minded boy know where she live and that she rich.
From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles
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