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Most common English words: agreement « ship « third « #692: evil » outside » beside » worth

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Old English yfel

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enPR: ē-vəl, IPA: /ˈiːvəl/, SAMPA: /"i:v@l/
enPR: ē-vĭl, IPA: /ˈiːvɪl/, SAMPA: /"i:vIl/
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Rhymes: -iːvəl

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evil (comparative eviller or more evil, superlative evillest or most evil)

Positive
evil

Comparative
eviller or more evil

Superlative
evillest or most evil

Intending to harm; malevolent.
Morally corrupt.

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good

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intending to harm

Armenian: չար hy(hy) (čar)
Bulgarian: лош bg(bg) m.
Chinese:
- Mandarin: 邪惡的 cmn(cmn), 邪恶的 cmn(cmn) (xiéède), 壞的 cmn(cmn), 坏的 cmn(cmn) (huàide)
Coptic: ϩⲟⲟⲩ (hoou)
Croatian: zao hr(hr)
Czech: zlý cs(cs) m.
Dutch: kwaad nl(nl), kwade nl(nl)
Egyptian: ḏw
Finnish: paha fi(fi)
French: mauvais fr(fr), diabolique fr(fr)
German: böse de(de), übel de(de)
Greek: κακός el(el) (kakos) m., φαύλος el(el) (favlos) m., πονηρός el(el) (poniros) m.
Hebrew: רוע ,פוגע בכוונת תחילה (roa)
Hindi: दुष्ट (duṣṭa), बुरा (burā), पापी (pāpī)
Hungarian: gonosz hu(hu)
Icelandic: illur m., ill f. illt n.; vondur m., vond f., vont n.; slæmur m., slæm f., slæmt n.

Indonesian: jahat id(id)
Interlingua: mal, malefic
Italian: male it(it) m.
Latin: malus la(la) m., mala la(la) f., malum la(la) n.
Latvian: ļauns (1)
Old English: unriht ang(ang)
Polish: zły pl(pl) m., zła pl(pl) f., złe pl(pl) n.
Portuguese: mau m., má f., maléfico m., maléfica f., ruim m. and f. (1,2)
Romanian: rău ro(ro)
Russian: злой ru(ru) (zloj)
Scottish Gaelic: olc m., aingidheachd f., urchaid f., truaighe f.
Slovak: zlý sk(sk) m., zlá sk(sk) f., zlé sk(sk) n.
Spanish: mal es(es) m., malo es(es) m., mala es(es) f.
Swedish: ond sv(sv), elak sv(sv)
Telugu: దుష్ట (dushTa), దెయ్యం (deyyam)
Tupinambá: poxy
Visayan: demonyo

morally corrupt

Armenian: չար hy(hy) (čar)

Croatian: pokvaren hr(hr)

[edit] Noun

Wikipedia has an article on:

Evil

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Singular
evil

Plural
countable and uncountable; plural evils

evil (countable and uncountable; plural evils)

The forces/behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good. Evil generally seeks own benefit at the expense of others and is based on general malevolence.

The evils of society include murder.
Any particular individual or state which may follow these forces or behaviors.

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good

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evil

Arabic: شر ar(ar) (sharr) m.
Armenian: չարություն hy(hy) (čarut’yun), չարիք hy(hy) (čarik’)
Belarusian: зло be(be) (zlo) n.
Bulgarian: зло bg(bg) (zlo) n.
Chinese:

Mandarin: 邪惡 cmn(cmn), 邪恶 cmn(cmn) (xié'è), 惡 cmn(cmn), 恶 cmn(cmn) (è)
Czech: zlo cs(cs) n.
Danish: ond da(da) c.
Finnish: paha fi(fi), pahuus fi(fi)
French: mal fr(fr) m.
German: Böse de(de) n., Übel de(de) n.
Japanese: 邪悪 ja(ja) (じゃあく, jaaku), 悪 ja(ja) (あく, aku)
Latin: malum la(la) n.
Macedonian: зло mk(mk) (zlo) n.

Norwegian: ond no(no) c., ondskap no(no) c.
Polish: zło pl(pl) n.
Portuguese: mal pt(pt) m.
Russian: зло ru(ru) (zlo) n., лихо ru(ru) (líxo) n., худо ru(ru) (xúdo) n.
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: зло n.

Roman: zlo n.
Slovak: zlo sk(sk) n.
Slovene: zlo sl(sl) n.
Spanish: mal es(es) m.
Swedish: ond sv(sv) c., ondska sv(sv) c.
Turkish: kötülük tr(tr)
Ukrainian: зло uk(uk) (zlo) n., лихо uk(uk) (lýxo) n.
West Frisian: kwea fy(fy)

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Dutch: kwaad n., boze n., slechte n.
Esperanto: malbono, malboneco
Greek: κακός (kakos) m., πονηρός (poniros) m., διαβολικός (diavolikos) m., σατανικός (satanikos) m., φαύλος (favlos) m.
Hebrew: רע (ra), רשע (resha)
Indonesian: kejahatan
Interlingua: mal
Latvian: ļaunums m., ļaunais m.

Old English: unriht
Romanian: rău m., rea f.
Tupinambá: poxy

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