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wicked

/ˈwɪk.ɪd/adjective2 syllables

Wicked means: morally bad in principle or practice.

Synonyms for wicked60

adjective, as in morally bad in principle or practice

evil, vicious, heavy, flagitious, heinous, iniquitous, sinful, ungodly, irreclaimable, irredeemable, unredeemable, unreformable, nefarious, villainous
and 6 more, peccable, peccant, immoral, impious, unrighteous, wrong

adjective, as in highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, yucky, offensive

adjective, as in naughtily or annoyingly playful

arch, impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish, playful

adjective, as in having committed unrighteous acts

sinful, unholy, unrighteous

adjective, as in intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality

severe, terrible, intense

also used for wicked

malevolent, malicious, twisted, abandoned, arrant, bad, awesome, cool, dope, excellent, far out, groovy, hot, rad, ace

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Opposites of wicked

virtuous

What does wicked mean?5

adjective

1

morally bad in principle or practice

2

highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust“a disgusting smell”

3

naughtily or annoyingly playful“teasing and worrying with impish laughter”

4

having committed unrighteous acts“a sinful person”

5

intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality“severe pain”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Wicked in a sentence

  • He seems nice, but he's wicked at heart.unknown
  • What you give to the wicked, you always regret.sacredceltic
  • But retribution was at hand, and the wicked city met with sudden destruction.Hybrid
  • The day of the wicked will come, for sure.Igider
  • The wicked witch disguised herself as a pitiful, old woman to deceive the princess.DostKaplan
  • By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.Hybrid
  • My opponent hit a wicked drop shot to save the first match point.Ooneykcall
  • A wicked woman and an evil is three halfpence worse than the devil.carlosalberto

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of wicked

as a adjective

comparative
wickeder
superlative
wickedest