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| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
| Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers |
| Division (I) Individual Volition |
| Section I. Volition in General |
| 3. Objects of Volition |
| 619. Evil. |
| NOUN: | EVIL, ill, harm, hurt, mischief, nuisance; machinations of the devil, Pandora’s box, ills that flesh is heir to; mental suffering (pain) [See Pain]. [EVIL SPIRIT] demon [See Evil Spirits]. [CAUSE OF EVIL] bane [See Bane]. [PRODUCTION OF EVIL] badness [See Badness]; painfulness [See Painfulness]; evildoer [See Evildoer]. BLOW, buffet, stroke, scratch, bruise, wound, gash, mutilation; mortal -blow, - wound; immedicabile vulnus [L.]; damage, loss (deterioration) [See Deterioration]. DISADVANTAGE, prejudice, drawback. DISASTER, accident, casualty; mishap (misfortune) [See Adversity]; bad job [colloq.], devil to pay [colloq.]; calamity, bale [chiefly poetic], woe, fatal mischief, catastrophe, tragedy; ruin (destruction) [See Destruction]; adversity [See Adversity]. OUTRAGE, wrong, injury, foul play; bad turn, ill turn; disservice; spoliation [See Stealing]; grievance, crying evil. |
| VERB: | DISSERVE, do disservice to, harm, injure, hurt. BE IN TROUBLE (adversity) [See Adversity]. |
| ADJECTIVE: | DISASTROUS, bad [See Badness]; awry, out of joint; disadvantageous; disserviceable, injurious, harmful. |
| ADVERB: | AMISS, wrong, ill, to one’s cost. |
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