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Definition of Evilness
1. Noun. The quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice. "Attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world"
Specialized synonyms: Malevolence, Malevolency, Malice, Malignance, Malignancy, Malignity, Balefulness, Maleficence, Mischief, Worst, Nefariousness, Ugliness, Vileness, Wickedness, Reprehensibility, Villainousness, Villainy, Perverseness, Perversity, Error, Wrongdoing, Frailty, Vice
Generic synonyms: Immorality
Attributes: Evil
Antonyms: Good, Goodness
Derivative terms: Evil, Evil
Definition of Evilness
1. n. The condition or quality of being evil; badness; viciousness; malignity; vileness; as, evilness of heart; the evilness of sin.
Definition of Evilness
1. Noun. The quality or state of being evil. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Evilness
1. the quality of being evil [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Evilness
1. The condition or quality of being evil; badness; viciousness; malignity; vileness; as, evilness of heart; the evilness of sin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Evilness
Literary usage of Evilness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of James Pilkington by James Pilkington, John Morwen (1842)
"Then, if the evilness of the minister do not hurt me which wo may" not ...
Surely, not so much for the masses. evilness of the men themselves, ..."
2. Aelfric's Lives of saints: being a set of sermons on saints' days formerly by Aelfric, Walter William Skeat (1881)
"Nor again, may the wicked, who anger Him by their evilness, 93 ever in any wise
escape from the eternal torments. Afterward, at the Saviour's advent, ..."
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