Inflected forms: e·vil·er, e·vil·est 1. Morally bad or wrong; wicked: an evil tyrant.2. Causing ruin, injury, or pain; harmful: the evil effects of a poor diet.3. Characterized by or indicating future misfortune; ominous: evil omens.4. Bad or blameworthy by report; infamous: an evil reputation.5. Characterized by anger or spite; malicious: an evil temper.
NOUN:
1. The quality of being morally bad or wrong; wickedness. 2. That which causes harm, misfortune, or destruction: a leader's power to do both good and evil.3. An evil force, power, or personification. 4. Something that is a cause or source of suffering, injury, or destruction: the social evils of poverty and injustice.
ADVERB:
Archaic In an evil manner.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old English yfel. See wap- in Appendix I.
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