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wick⋅ed

  [wik-id] adjective, -er, -est, adverb
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–adjective
1. evil or morally bad in principle or practice; sinful; iniquitous: wicked people; wicked habits.
2. mischievous or playfully malicious: These wicked kittens upset everything.
3. distressingly severe, as a storm, wound, or cold: a wicked winter.
4. unjustifiable; dreadful; beastly: wicked prices; a wicked exam.
5. having a bad disposition; ill-natured; mean: a wicked horse.
6. spiteful; malevolent; vicious: a wicked tongue.
7. extremely troublesome or dangerous: wicked roads.
8. unpleasant; foul: a wicked odor.
9. Slang. wonderful; great; masterful; deeply satisfying: He blows a wicked trumpet.
–adverb
10. Slang. very; really; totally: That shirt is wicked cool.
Origin:
1225–75; ME wikked, equiv. to wikke bad (repr. adj. use of OE wicca wizard; cf. witch ) + -ed -ed 3

Related forms:
wick⋅ed⋅ly, adverb

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

Antonyms:
1. good, virtuous.

wick

1  [wik]
–noun
1. a bundle or loose twist or braid of soft threads, or a woven strip or tube, as of cotton or asbestos, which in a candle, lamp, oil stove, cigarette lighter, or the like, serves to draw up the melted tallow or wax or the oil or other flammable liquid to be burned.
–verb (used with object)
2. to draw off (liquid) by capillary action.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME wicke, weke, OE wice, wēoc(e); c. MD wiecke, MLG wêke, OHG wiohha lint, wick (G Wieke lint); akin to Skt vāgura noose

Related forms:
wickless, adjective
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wick   (wĭk)   
n.  
  1. A cord or strand of loosely woven, twisted, or braided fibers, as on a candle or oil lamp, that draws up fuel to the flame by capillary action.
  2. A piece of material that conveys liquid by capillary action.
tr. & intr.v.   wicked (wĭkt), wick·ing, wicks
To convey or be conveyed by capillary action: water gradually wicking up through the bricks.

[Middle English wike, from Old English wēoce.]
wick·ed   (wĭk'ĭd)   
adj.   wick·ed·er, wick·ed·est
  1. Evil by nature and in practice: "this wicked man Hitler, the repository and embodiment of many forms of soul-destroying hatred" (Winston S. Churchill).
  2. Playfully malicious or mischievous: a wicked prank; a critic's wicked wit.
  3. Severe and distressing: a wicked cough; a wicked gash; wicked driving conditions.
  4. Highly offensive; obnoxious: a wicked stench.
  5. Slang Strikingly good, effective, or skillful: a wicked curve ball; a wicked imitation.
adv.   Slang
Used as an intensive: "a ... body suit, which she describes as wicked comfortable" (Nathan Cobb).

[Middle English, alteration of wicke, ultimately from Old English wicca, sorcerer; see witch.]
wick'ed·ly adv., wick'ed·ness n.
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Wicked

Wicked\, a. Having a wick; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wicked lamp.

Wicked

Wick"ed\, a. [OE. wicked, fr. wicke wicked; probably originally the same word as wicche wizard, witch. See Witch.]

1. Evil in principle or practice; deviating from morality; contrary to the moral or divine law; addicted to vice or sin; sinful; immoral; profligate; -- said of persons and things; as, a wicked king; a wicked woman; a wicked deed; wicked designs.

Hence, then, and evil go with thee along, Thy offspring, to the place of evil, hell, Thou and thy wicked crew! --Milton.

Never, never, wicked man was wise. --Pope.

2. Cursed; baneful; hurtful; bad; pernicious; dangerous. [Obs.] "Wicked dew." --Shak.

This were a wicked way, but whoso had a guide. --P. Plowman.

3. Ludicrously or sportively mischievous; disposed to mischief; roguish. [Colloq.]

Pen looked uncommonly wicked. --Thackeray.

Syn: Iniquitous; sinful; criminal; guilty; immoral; unjust; unrighteous; unholy; irreligious; ungodly; profane; vicious; pernicious; atrocious; nefarious; heinous; flagrant; flagitious; abandoned. See Iniquitous.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : wicked
Spanish: malvado, cruel, insoportable,
German: gottlos,
Japanese: 邪悪な
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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