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How to pronounce evil
Say it like this: /ˈiːvəl/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does evil mean?
adjIntending to harm; malevolent.
“an evil plot to brainwash and even kill innocent people”
Morally corrupt.
“If something is evil, it is never mandatory.”
Unpleasant, foul (of odor, taste, mood, weather, etc.).
“He herded them into a small and evil toilet and then through a window.”
nounMoral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.
“The evils of society include murder and theft.”
Something which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; something which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; harm; injury; mischief.
“The evil that men do lives after them.”
A malady or disease; especially in combination, as in king's evil, colt evil.
advwickedly, evilly, iniquitously
“O what of Gods then boots it to be borne, / If old Aveugles ſonnes ſo euill heare?”
injuriously, harmfully; in a damaging way.
“And many ſhall follow their pernicious wayes, by reaſon of whom the way of trueth ſhall be euill ſpoken of:”
badly, poorly; in an insufficient way.
“It went evil with him.”
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