evil
[ ee-vuhl ]
/ ˈi vəl /
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adjective
noun
adverb
in an evil manner; badly; ill: It went evil with him.
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Idioms about evil
the evil one, the devil; Satan.
Origin of evil
before 900; Middle English evel, evil,Old English yfel; cognate with Gothic ubils,Old High German ubil,German übel,Old Frisian, Middle Dutch evel
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British Dictionary definitions for evil
evil
/ (ˈiːvəl) /
adjective
noun
adverb
(now usually in combination) in an evil manner; badlyevil-smelling
Derived forms of evil
evilly, adverbevilness, nounWord Origin for evil
Old English yfel, of Germanic origin; compare Old Frisian evel, Old High German ubil evil, Old Irish adbal excessive
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