| Meaning | morally bad or wrong. |
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| Examples | - "evil purposes"
- "an evil influence"
- "evil deeds"
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| Attribute of | evil, evilness | The quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice |
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| Narrower | atrocious, flagitious, grievous, monstrous | Shockingly brutal or cruel |
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| bad | Characterized by wickedness or immorality |
| black, dark, sinister | stemming from evil characteristics / characteristics or forces |
| corruptive, perversive, pestiferous | tending to corrupt or pervert |
| demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy | extremely evil or cruel |
| despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched | morally reprehensible |
| devilish, diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelian, mephistophelean | showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil |
| evil-minded | Having evil thoughts or intentions |
| See also | bad | Having undesirable or negative qualities |
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| immoral | deliberately violating / violating accepted principles of right and wrong |
| infernal | Of the underworld |
| offensive | unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses |
| unrighteous | not righteous |
| wicked | morally bad in principle / principle or practice |
| wrong | contrary to conscience or morality or law |
| Opposite | good | morally admirable |
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| Spanish | mal, maléfico, malévolo, malo, malvado, perjudicial |
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| Catalan | dolent, mal, malvat, perjudicial |
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| Nouns | evilness | the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice |
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| Adverbs | evilly | in a wicked evil manner |
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