unwicked

adjective

evil or morally bad in principle or practice; sinful; iniquitous: wicked people; wicked habits.

mischievous or playfully malicious: These wicked kittens upset everything.

distressingly severe, as a storm, wound, or cold: a wicked winter.

unjustifiable; dreadful; beastly: wicked prices; a wicked exam.

having a bad disposition; ill-natured; mean: a wicked horse.

spiteful; malevolent; vicious: a wicked tongue.

extremely troublesome or dangerous: wicked roads.

unpleasant; foul: a wicked odor.

Slang. wonderful; great; masterful; deeply satisfying: He blows a wicked trumpet.

adverb

10.

Slang. very; really; totally: That shirt is wicked cool.

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Origin:
1225–75; Middle English wikked, equivalent to wikke bad (representing adj. use of Old English wicca wizard; cf. witch) + -ed -ed³

Related forms

wick·ed·ly, adverb

qua·si-wick·ed, adjective

qua·si-wick·ed·ly, adverb

un·wick·ed, adjective

un·wick·ed·ly, adverb

Can be confused: wicca, wicked.

Synonyms
1. unrighteous, ungodly, godless, impious, profane, blasphemous; immoral, profligate, corrupt, depraved, dissolute; heinous; infamous, villainous. See bad¹.

Antonyms
1. good, virtuous.

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World English Dictionary

wicked (ˈwɪkɪd)

—*adj*
1.	a. morally bad in principle or practice
	b. (as collective noun; preceded by the): the wicked
2.	mischievous or roguish, esp in a playful way: a wicked grin
3.	causing injury or harm
4.	troublesome, unpleasant, or offensive
5.	slang very good

[C13: from dialect wick, from Old English wicca sorcerer, wiccewitch¹]

'wickedly

—*adv*

'wickedness

—n

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Word Origin & History

wicked

c.1275, earlier wick (12c.), apparently an adj. use of O.E. wicca "wizard" (see wicca). For evolution, cf. wretched from wretch. Slang ironic sense of "wonderful" first attested 1920, in F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Slang Dictionary

wicked definition

mod.
excellent; impressive; cool. (Also in compounds, wicked smart, wicked cool, etc.) : Now this is what I call a wicked guitar.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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