Synonyms for wicked
- adjective
- adverb
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Evil — evil or mischievous by nature; morally reprehensible
evil, vicious, sinful, devilish, ungodly, unholy, heinous, evil-minded, nefarious, villainous, vile, bad, diabolic, unrighteous, sinister, dark, reprobate, diabolical, immoral, depraved, wrong, impious
2. Cool — excellent; awesome; masterful; exceptional
awesome informal, bad-ass, hot, groovy, far-out, gnarly, safe, cool slang, sweet slang, sick slang, dope slang
3. Mischievous
Adverb
Definitions
- adj. 1
Evil or mischievous by nature; morally reprehensible.
Genuine cowards follow wicked people and cannot reliably sustain any virtue.
- adj. 2
Excellent; awesome; masterful; exceptional.
That was a wicked guitar solo, bro!
- adj. 3
Harsh; severe.
Related words
- Word family
- wickedly wickedness
Choose the right word
Ingratitude is sinful, hypocrisy is wicked, but neither is punishable by human law; hence, neither is criminal or illegal.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- evil Grr! Avoid not, unwelcome evil and cowardly beast!
- sinful Christians view human nature as inherently sinful.
- ungodly Do not judge the ungodly. Leave that to God himself.
- devilish Why did Yuri decide to join this devilish trio?
- queer There's somethin' mighty queer behind this, Scott!
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1, hot1, mad1
- 4 letters
- very2, type1, cool1, safe1, dark1, sick1, evil2, dumb1, dope1, vile1
- 5 letters
- wrong1, sweet1, queer1, hella
- 6 letters
- pretty2, severe2, sinful2, unholy3, groovy2, gnarly2, impish2
- 7 letters
- awesome2, vicious2, immoral3, heinous2, ungodly3, impious3, roguish
- 8 letters
- terrible3, freaking2, sinister3, depraved2, devilish2, wickedly3, diabolic
- 9 letters
- nefarious4, reprobate3
- 10 letters
- diabolical5, villainous3
- 11 letters
- mischievous3, unrighteous
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (very2 = 2 syllables).
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