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wicked

[wik-id]
adjective, wick·ed·er, wick·ed·est.
  1. evil or morally bad in principle or practice; sinful; iniquitous: wicked people; wicked habits.
  2. mischievous or playfully malicious: These wicked kittens upset everything.
  3. distressingly severe, as a storm, wound, or cold: a wicked winter.
  4. unjustifiable; dreadful; beastly: wicked prices; a wicked exam.
  5. having a bad disposition; ill-natured; mean: a wicked horse.
  6. spiteful; malevolent; vicious: a wicked tongue.
  7. extremely troublesome or dangerous: wicked roads.
  8. unpleasant; foul: a wicked odor.
  9. Slang. wonderful; great; masterful; deeply satisfying: He blows a wicked trumpet.
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adverb
  1. Slang. very; really; totally: That shirt is wicked cool.
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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

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

Synonym study

1. See bad1.

Antonyms

1. good, virtuous.
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Related Words

naughtyimpishdevilishwaywardviciousevilmischievousvillainousnastyoutrageousfierceuglydeftabandonedabominablearchatrociousbasecontemptibledebased

Examples from the Web for wickedest

Historical Examples

  • 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.

  • And the lightest desire can be sin, as well as the wickedest deed.

British Dictionary definitions for wickedest

wicked

adjective
    1. morally bad in principle or practice
    2. (as collective noun; preceded by the)the wicked
  2. mischievous or roguish, esp in a playful waya wicked grin
  3. causing injury or harm
  4. troublesome, unpleasant, or offensive
  5. slang very good
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Derived Formswickedly, adverbwickedness, noun

Word Origin

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.

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