evil day

English

Noun

evil day

1. The time when something unpleasant occurs.

   Synonym: evil hour

   to put off the evil day

   to fall on evil days

Usage notes

• In the singular, used with the definite article the.

Further reading

• “the evil day hour” (US) / “the evil day hour” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “the evil day hour”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• “the evil hour day etc” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “put off the evil day”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “put off the evil day”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• “fall on evil days”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.