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wickeder

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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.
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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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