Evilness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˈiːvəlnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/ˈiːvəlnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˈiːvəlnəs/

3 syllables Say it as /ˈiːvəlnəs/.

Examples

attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

evil

Antonyms

goodness good

Parts of Speech

noun	the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice “attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world”

Word Forms

evil

adjective

having the nature of vice

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Bösartigkeit

die Eigenschaft, im Prinzip oder in der Praxis moralisch falsch zu sein

🇫🇷French

malveillance

la qualité d'être moralement mauvais en principe ou en pratique

🇪🇸Spanish

maldad

la cualidad de estar moralmente equivocado en principio o en la práctica

🇮🇹Italian

malvagità

la qualità di essere moralmente sbagliato in linea di principio o in pratica

🇳🇱Dutch

kwaadaardigheid

de kwaliteit van het moreel verkeerd zijn in principe of in de praktijk

🇵🇹Portuguese

maldade

a qualidade de ser moralmente errado em princípio ou prática

🇷🇺Russian

злоба

качество быть морально неправильным в принципе или на практике

India

🇮🇳Hindi

दुष्टता

सिद्धांत या व्यवहार में नैतिक रूप से गलत होने का गुण

🇧🇩Bengali

দুষ্টতা

নীতি বা অনুশীলনে নৈতিকভাবে ভুল হওয়ার গুণ

🇮🇳Tamil

தீமை

கொள்கை அல்லது நடைமுறையில் தார்மீக ரீதியாக தவறாக இருப்பதன் தரம்

🇮🇳Telugu

దుర్మార్గం

సూత్రం లేదా ఆచరణలో నైతికంగా తప్పు అనే నాణ్యత

🇮🇳Marathi

दुष्टपणा

तत्त्व किंवा व्यवहारात नैतिकदृष्ट्या चुकीची गुणवत्ता

🇮🇳Gujarati

દુષ્ટતા

સિદ્ધાંત અથવા વ્યવહારમાં નૈતિક રીતે ખોટી હોવાની ગુણવત્તા

🇮🇳Kannada

ದುಷ್ಟತನ

ತತ್ವ ಅಥವಾ ಆಚರಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ನೈತಿಕವಾಗಿ ತಪ್ಪಾಗಿರುವ ಗುಣ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ദുഷ്ടത

തത്വത്തിലോ പ്രയോഗത്തിലോ ധാർമ്മികമായി തെറ്റ് ചെയ്യുന്നതിൻ്റെ ഗുണം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬੁਰਾਈ

ਸਿਧਾਂਤ ਜਾਂ ਅਭਿਆਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਨੈਤਿਕ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਗਲਤ ਹੋਣ ਦੀ ਗੁਣਵੱਤਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

برائی

اصول یا عمل میں اخلاقی طور پر غلط ہونے کا معیار

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

邪恶

在原则或实践上犯道德错误的性质

🇯🇵Japanese

邪悪さ

原則または実践において道徳的に間違っているという性質

🇰🇷Korean

사악함

원칙이나 실천에 있어서 도덕적으로 잘못된 것의 질

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự ác độc

chất lượng của việc sai về mặt đạo đức về nguyên tắc hoặc thực hành

🇹🇭Thai

ความชั่วร้าย

คุณภาพของการผิดศีลธรรมในหลักการหรือทางปฏิบัติ

🇮🇩Indonesian

kejahatan

kualitas kesalahan moral dalam prinsip atau praktik

🇵🇭Filipino

kasamaan

ang kalidad ng pagiging mali sa moral sa prinsipyo o kasanayan

🇲🇾Malay

kejahatan

kualiti menjadi salah secara moral dalam prinsip atau amalan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الشر

جودة كونك مخطئًا أخلاقيًا من حيث المبدأ أو الممارسة

🇮🇷Persian

شرارت

کیفیت اشتباه اخلاقی در اصول یا عمل

🇹🇷Turkish

kötülük

prensipte veya uygulamada ahlaki açıdan yanlış olmanın niteliği

🇮🇱Hebrew

רוע

האיכות של להיות מוטעה מבחינה מוסרית באופן עקרוני או בפועל

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What is the primary definition of the word 'evilness'?

The primary meaning of 'evilness' is 'the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice'.

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Using 'evilness' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

In which domain is the word 'evilness' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

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