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e·vil   (ē'vəl)   
adj.   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.
n.  
  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.
adv.   Archaic
In an evil manner.

[Middle English, from Old English yfel; see wap- in Indo-European roots.]
e'vil·ly adv., e'vil·ness n.
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