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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.
EXPAND6.
spiteful; malevolent; vicious: a wicked tongue.
7.
extremely troublesome or dangerous: wicked roads.
8.
unpleasant; foul: a wicked odor.
9.
COLLAPSESlang. 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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Wickedly
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
Origin:
1225–75; Middle English wikked, equivalent to wikke bad (representing adj. use of Old English wicca wizard; compare witch) + -ed -ed3
1225–75; Middle English wikked, equivalent to wikke bad (representing adj. use of Old English wicca wizard; compare 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
Synonyms
1. unrighteous, ungodly, godless, impious, profane, blasphemous; immoral, profligate, corrupt, depraved, dissolute; heinous; infamous, villainous. See bad1.
1. unrighteous, ungodly, godless, impious, profane, blasphemous; immoral, profligate, corrupt, depraved, dissolute; heinous; infamous, villainous. See bad1.
Antonyms
1. good, virtuous.
1. good, virtuous.
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