Wickedness - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈwɪkɪdnəs|
Brit.
|ˈwɪkɪdnəs|
noun
- morally objectionable behavior (syn: evil, immorality, iniquity)
- absence of moral or spiritual values (syn: dark, darkness)
- the quality of being wicked (syn: nefariousness, ugliness, vileness)
- estrangement from god (syn: sin, sinfulness)
- the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions (syn: loathsomeness, lousiness, repulsiveness, sliminess, vileness)
- absence of moral or spiritual values (syn: dark, darkness)
- the quality of being wicked (syn: nefariousness, ugliness, vileness)
- estrangement from god (syn: sin, sinfulness)
- the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions (syn: loathsomeness, lousiness, repulsiveness, sliminess, vileness)
Examples
...a couple of live wires who got into all kinds of wickedness during their vacation in Las Vegas...
...the movie featured a villain of unadulterated wickedness...
I don't know what wickedness in me made me steal like that.
The priest urged the people to repent of their wickedness.
...struggling to live a life of purity while surrounded by wickedness...
I often expostulate on the pointlessness of life or the wickedness of people.