evilness

English

Etymology

evil +‎ -ness

Noun

evilness (countable and uncountable, plural evilnesses)

1. The quality or state of being evil.

   Many people think that Adolf Hitler's actions in World War II were of utmost evilness.

Synonyms

• badness
• viciousness
• malignity
• vileness

Translations

of or relating to evil

• Dutch: slechtheid (nl) f, kwaadaardigheid (nl) f
• Finnish: pahuus (fi)
• German: Boshaftigkeit f

• Romanian: răutate (ro) f, maliție (ro) f, malițiozitate (ro) f
• Turkish: kötülük (tr)

Further reading

• evilness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• evilness in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• liveness, veinless, vileness, vineless