Synonyms for wickedness
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Evil — the state of being wicked; evil disposition; immorality
evil, immorality, sin, sinfulness, iniquity, depravity, vileness, unrighteousness, corruption, impiety, criminality, ungodliness, malignity, badness, malice, villainy, baseness, naughtiness, ugliness, impurity, dishonor US, dishonour UK, turpitude
2. Atrocity — A wicked or sinful thing or act; morally bad or objectionable behaviour
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The state of being wicked; evil disposition; immorality.
- n. 2
A wicked or sinful thing or act; morally bad or objectionable behaviour.
Forms
- Plural
- wickednesses → evils, immoralities, sins, sinfulnesses…
Example sentences
- evil Grr! Avoid not, unwelcome evil and cowardly beast!
- sin Judaism doesn't believe in heritable original sin.
- immorality Islam hates immorality and so does Judaism.
- sinfulness An old enough sin loses its sinfulness.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| wickedness | rising | |
| evil | rising | |
| sin | rising | |
| immorality | rising | |
| sinfulness | rising | |
| deviltry | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- sin1
- 4 letters
- dark1, evil2
- 5 letters
- wrong1
- 6 letters
- malice2, infamy3
- 7 letters
- outrage2, badness2, impiety
- 8 letters
- darkness2, ugliness3, atrocity4, dishonor3, iniquity4, impurity4, villainy, vileness, baseness, deviltry
- 9 letters
- depravity4, dishonour, turpitude3, malignity
- 10 letters
- corruption3, immorality5, sinfulness
- 11 letters
- criminality5, naughtiness, ungodliness
- 14 letters
- flagitiousness
- 15 letters
- unrighteousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (evil2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- méchanceté
- Deutsch
- Bissigkeit
- Català
- maldat