wicked

[wik-id]

adjective, wick·ed·er, wick·ed·est.

evil or morally bad in principle or practice; sinful; iniquitous: wicked people; wicked habits.

mischievous or playfully malicious: These wicked kittens upset everything.

distressingly severe, as a storm, wound, or cold: a wicked winter.

unjustifiable; dreadful; beastly: wicked prices; a wicked exam.

having a bad disposition; ill-natured; mean: a wicked horse.

spiteful; malevolent; vicious: a wicked tongue.

extremely troublesome or dangerous: wicked roads.

unpleasant; foul: a wicked odor.

Slang. wonderful; great; masterful; deeply satisfying: He blows a wicked trumpet.

adverb

Slang. very; really; totally: That shirt is wicked cool.

Origin of wicked

1225–75; Middle English wikked, equivalent to wikke bad (representing adj. use of Old English wicca wizard; cf. witch) + -ed -ed³

Related formswick·ed·ly, adverbqua·si-wick·ed, adjectivequa·si-wick·ed·ly, adverbun·wick·ed, adjectiveun·wick·ed·ly, adverb

Can be confusedwicca wicked

Synonyms for wicked

1. unrighteous, ungodly, godless, impious, profane, blasphemous; immoral, profligate, corrupt, depraved, dissolute; heinous; infamous, villainous.

Synonym study

1. See bad¹.

Antonyms for wicked

1. good, virtuous.

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Related Words for wickedest

naughty, impish, devilish, wayward, vicious, evil, mischievous, villainous, nasty, outrageous, fierce, ugly, deft, abandoned, abominable, arch, atrocious, base, contemptible, debased

Examples from the Web for wickedest

Historical Examples of wickedest

And will not he who has been shown to be the wickedest, be also the most miserable?
The Republic
Plato
The dishonour lay at its door of being the wickedest city in the world.
The Christian
Hall Caine
The wickedest, cruelest man in the bunch––and the best shot.
Whispering Smith
Frank H. Spearman
"Hush, Fly Clifford; you're the wickedest girl to talk," said Dotty.
Prudy Keeping House
Sophie May
And the lightest desire can be sin, as well as the wickedest deed.
The White Lady of Hazelwood
Emily Sarah Holt

British Dictionary definitions for wickedest

wicked

adjective

morally bad in principle or practice
(as collective noun; preceded by the)the wicked

mischievous or roguish, esp in a playful waya wicked grin

causing injury or harm

troublesome, unpleasant, or offensive

slang very good

Derived Formswickedly, adverbwickedness, noun

Word Origin for wicked

C13: from dialect wick, from Old English wicca sorcerer, wicce witch 1

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Word Origin and History for wickedest

wicked

adj.

late 13c., earlier wick (12c.), apparently an adjectival use of Old English wicca "wizard" (see wicca). For evolution, cf. wretched from wretch. Slang ironic sense of "wonderful" first attested 1920, in F. Scott Fitzgerald.