evilness

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evilness

  • /ˈiːvəlnəs/

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From Middle English yvelnesse, from Old English yfelnyss; equivalent to evil + -ness.

noun evilnesses

  1. countable, uncountable The quality or state of being evil. […] they lament the evilness and malice of evil men, and pray God for the evil, that he will convert them from their evilness and malice, and so make them good of evil men.

    Similar: badness, viciousness, malignity, vileness

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noun of or relating to evil

Españolmaldad
DeutschBoshaftigkeit
Românărăutate, maliție, malițiozitate

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@misc{evilness_2026,
  title = {evilness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/evilness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}