Definition of evil

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Evil (a.) Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous; as, evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days..

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Devil-diver :: Devil-diver (n.) Alt. of Devil bir.
Wariness :: Wariness (n.) The quality or state of being wary; care to foresee and guard against evil; cautiousness.
Perpetration :: Perpetration (n.) The thing perpetrated; an evil action.
Remedial :: Remedial (a.) Affording a remedy; intended for a remedy, or for the removal or abatement of an evil; as, remedial treatment..
Bedevilled :: Bedevilled (imp. & p. p.) of Bedevi.
Sore :: Sore (superl.) Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore evil or calamity..
Aid :: Aid (v. t.) To support, either by furnishing strength or means in cooperation to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to remove evil; to help; to assist..
Dread :: Dread (n.) Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
Misfortune :: Misfortune (n.) Bad fortune or luck; calamity; an evil accident; disaster; mishap; mischance.
Billbug :: Billbug (n.) A weevil or curculio of various species, as the corn weevil. See Curculio..
Temptation :: Temptation (n.) The state of being tempted, or enticed to evil..
Defame :: Defame (v. t.) To harm or destroy the good fame or reputation of; to disgrace; especially, to speak evil of maliciously; to dishonor by slanderous reports; to calumniate; to asperse..
Infralapsarian :: Infralapsarian (n.) One of that class of Calvinists who consider the decree of election as contemplating the apostasy as past and the elect as being at the time of election in a fallen and guilty state; -- opposed to Supralapsarian. The former considered the election of grace as a remedy for an existing evil; the latter regarded the fall as a part of God's original purpose in regard to men.
Breviloquence :: Breviloquence (n.) A brief and pertinent mode of speaking.
Sorrow :: Sorrow (n.) The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief at having suffered or occasioned evil; regret; unhappiness; sadness..
Davy Jones :: Davy Jones () The spirit of the sea; sea devil; -- a term used by sailors.
Default :: Default (n.) A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires; as, this evil has happened through the governor's default..
Unhappy :: Unhappy (a.) Marked by infelicity; evil; calamitous; as, an unhappy day..
Reviling :: Reviling (n.) Reproach; abuse; vilification.
Suggest :: Suggest (v. t.) To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt.
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