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A stereotypical evil man. This is an artistic representation of the purposely distinctive visage of villains, initially from the stage plays of the 1880s.
Etymology [edit]
From Old English yfel, from Proto-Germanic *ubilaz (compare East Frisian eeuwel, Dutch euvel, German übel), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂upélos, diminutive of *h₂wep- (“treat badly”) (compare Hittite huwappi 'to mistreat, harass', huwappa 'evil, badness')., or alternatively from *upélos (“evil”, literally "going over or beyond (acceptable limits)"), from Proto-Indo-European *upo, *up, *eup (“down, up, over”).
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Adjective [edit]
evil (comparative eviller, eviler, or more evil, superlative evillest, evilest, or most evil)
- Intending to harm; malevolent.
- Morally corrupt.
- Unpleasant.
- (computing, programming, slang) undesirable; harmful; bad practice
- Global variables are evil; storing processing context in object member variables allows those objects to be reused in a much more flexible way.
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intending to harm
- Arabic: شرير (ar) (širrīr) m
- Armenian: չար (hy) (čar)
- Basque: gaizto (eu)
- Bulgarian: лош (bg) m (loš)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 邪惡的 (cmn), 邪恶的 (cmn) (xiéède), 壞的 (cmn), 坏的 (cmn) (huàide)
- Coptic: ϩⲟⲟⲩ (hoou)
- Czech: zlý (cs) m
- Danish: ond (da), slem (da), slet (da), dårlig (da), skadelig (da)
- Dutch: kwaadaardig (nl), boosaardig (nl), kwaad (nl), slecht (nl), euvel (nl)
- Egyptian: ḏw
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- Estonian: paha (et)
- Faroese: óndur (fo), óreinur (fo)
- Finnish: paha (fi)
- French: mauvais (fr) m, maléfique (fr) m and f
- Georgian: ბოროტი (ka) (boroti)
- German: böse (de), übel (de)
- Greek: κακός (el) (kakós) m
- Haitian Creole: move, mechan
- Hebrew: רע (he), מרושע (he) (merusha) m
- Hiligaynon: malain
- Hindi: दुष्ट (hi) (duṣṭa), बुरा (hi) (burā), पापी (hi) (pāpī)
- Hungarian: gonosz (hu)
- Icelandic: illur (is) m, ill (is) f illt (is) n, vondur (is), slæmur (is)
- Indonesian: jahat (id)
- Interlingua: mal (ia), malefic (ia)
- Italian: malvagio (it) m
- Kannada: ಕೆಟ್ಟ (kn) (keṭṭa), (formally) ದುಷ್ಠ (kn) (duṣṭha)
- Kazakh: қастық (kk) (qastıq)
- Khmer: អាក្រក់ (km) (aakrɑk), ដែលព្យាបាទ (km) (dael pyiebaat)
- Lao: please add this translation if you can
- Latgalian: ļauns
- Latin: malus (la)
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- Latvian: ļauns (lv) (1)
- Limburgish: kwaod (li), euvel (li)
- Luhya: please add this translation if you can
- Luo: please add this translation if you can
- Macedonian: please add this translation if you can
- Malay: jahat (ms)
- Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
- Navajo: doo yáʼáshǫ́ǫ da
- Neapolitan: malo
- Norwegian: ond (no), slem (no)
- Ojibwe: maji-
- Old English: unriht (ang)
- Persian: مضر (fa)
- Polish: zły (pl) m, zła (pl) f, złe (pl) n
- Portuguese: mau (pt) m, má (pt) f, maléfico (pt) m, maléfica (pt) f, ruim (pt) m and f (1,2)
- Romanian: rău (ro), răutăcios (ro), hain (ro), câinos (ro)
- Russian: злой (ru) (zloj)
- Scottish Gaelic: olc (gd) m, aingidheachd (gd) f, urchaid (gd) f, truaighe (gd) f
- Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
- Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
- Slovak: zlý (sk)
- Slovene: zèl (sl) m, hudôben (sl) m
- Spanish: mal (es), malo (es), malvado (es), malévolo (es), maléfico (es), malvado (es), perverso (es)
- Swedish: ond (sv), elak (sv)
- Tamil: please add this translation if you can
- Telugu: దుష్ట (te) (dushTa), దెయ్యం (te) (deyyam)
- Thai: ชั่วร้าย (th) (chạ̀w r̂āy)
- Tupinambá: poxy
- Turkish: kötücül (tr), şeytani (tr), şeytanî (tr)
- Ukrainian: злий (uk) (zlyj) , жорстокий (uk) (žorstókyj)
- Vietnamese: ác (vi)
- Visayan: demonyo
- Volapük: badik (vo)
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Wikipedia 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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evil
- Arabic: شر (ar) (šarr) m
- Armenian: չարություն (hy) (čarut’yun) , չարիք (hy) (čarik’)
- Belarusian: зло (be) (zlo) n
- Bulgarian: зло (bg) (zlo) n
- Catalan: mal (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 邪惡 (cmn), 邪恶 (cmn) (xié'è), 惡 (cmn), 恶 (cmn) (è)
- Czech: zlo (cs) n
- Dalmatian: mul m
- Danish: ond (da) c, ondskab (da) c
- Dutch: kwade (nl) n, kwaad (nl) n, slechte (nl) n, euvel (nl) n
- Esperanto: malbono (eo)
- Finnish: paha (fi), pahuus (fi)
- French: mal (fr) m
- Friulian: mâl m
- German: Böse (de) n, Übel (de) n
- Greek: κακό (el) (kakó) n
- Haitian Creole: mal
- Italian: male (it)
- Japanese: 邪悪 (ja) (じゃあく, jaaku), 悪 (ja) (あく, aku)
- Kazakh: қастық (kk) (qastıq)
- Latin: malum (la) n
- Latvian: ļaunums (lv)
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