evildoer

[ ee-vuhl-doo-er, ee-vuhl-doo-er ]

/ ˈi vəlˌdu ər, ˌi vəlˈdu ər /

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noun

a person who does evil or wrong.

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Origin of evildoer

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at evil, doer

OTHER WORDS FROM evildoer

e·vil·do·ing, noun

Words nearby evildoer

evident, evidential, evidentiary, evidently, evil, evildoer, evil eye, evil-minded, Evil One, evil twin, evince

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How to use evildoer in a sentence

She battles evildoers wearing nothing but her own strategically placed hair.
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She hatches and fulfills brilliant if mildly arrogant plans, like building a maze around the convent as a means of isolating it and thus protecting it from evildoers.
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The child actress, now 15, has gone from a dimpled cherub to an undead evildoer in New Moon.
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But just as Hanno was rising to look around him for the invisible evildoer, the loud shouts of many voices startled him.
Arachne, Complete|Georg Ebers

Tell me your name, show that you are no evildoer, and after you have rested you may equip yourself and go your way.
The Red River Half-Breed|Gustave Aimard
And as she controlled the mystery of thieving so, in reality, she meted out punishment to the evildoer.
A Book of Scoundrels|Charles Whibley
He showed how amid a show of outward happiness the canker-worm was always present to prey upon the heart of the evildoer.
Rogues and Vagabonds|George R. Sims
Tolstoy's warning: "Do not oppose the evildoer," is not Morality, but an exaggerated parody of it, which renders it nugatory.
Morals and the Evolution of Man|Max Simon Nordau

British Dictionary definitions for evildoer

evildoer

/ (ˈiːvəlˌduːə) /

noun

a person who does evil

Derived forms of evildoer

evildoing, noun

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