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Meaning of 'wicked' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Wicked [ a.]
- Having a wick; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wicked lamp.
- 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.
- Cursed; baneful; hurtful; bad; pernicious; dangerous.
- Ludicrously or sportively mischievous; disposed to mischief; roguish.

Meaning of 'wicked' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . wicked [ s]
Meaning (1):
- highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
Example in sentence:
  • a disgusting smell;
  • a loathsome disease;
  • a wicked stench;
  • distasteful language;
  • revolting food;
  • the idea of eating meat is repellent to me
Meaning (2):
- intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
Example in sentence:
  • a severe case of flu;
  • a terrible cough;
  • a wicked cough;
  • severe pain;
  • under wicked fire from the enemy's guns
Meaning (3):
- having committed unrighteous acts
Example in sentence:
  • a sinful person
Meaning (4):
- naughtily or annoyingly playful
Example in sentence:
  • a wicked prank;
  • teasing and worrying with impish laughter

Nearby Words:

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