'Nefarious' definitions:
Definition of 'nefarious'
From: WordNet
adjective
Extremely wicked; "nefarious schemes"; "a villainous plot"; "a villainous band of thieves" [syn: nefarious, villainous]
Definition of 'Nefarious'
From: GCIDE
- Nefarious \Ne*fa"ri*ous\, a. [L. nefarius, fr. nefas crime, wrong; ne not + fas divine law; akin to fari to speak. See No, adv., and Fate.] Wicked in the extreme; abominable; iniquitous; atrociously villainous; execrable; detestably vile. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Iniquitous; detestable; horrible; heinious; atrocious; infamous; impious. See Iniquitous. [1913 Webster] -- {Ne*fa"ri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Ne*fa"ri*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'nefarious'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abject,
- abominable,
- arrant,
- atrocious,
- awful,
- bad,
- base,
- beastly,
- beggarly,
- beneath contempt,
- black,
- blamable,
- blameworthy,
- brutal,
- cheesy,
- contemptible,
- corrupt,
- criminal,
- crummy,
- damnable,
- dark,
- debased,
- degenerate,
- degraded,
- deplorable,
- depraved,
- despicable,
- detestable,
- dire,
- dirty,
- disgraceful,
- disgusting,
- dreadful,
- egregious,
- enormous,
- evil,
- execrable,
- fetid,
- filthy,
- flagitious,
- flagrant,
- foul,
- fulsome,
- glaring,
- grave,
- grievous,
- gross,
- hateful,
- heinous,
- horrible,
- horrid,
- improper,
- infamous,
- iniquitous,
- knavish,
- lamentable,
- little,
- loathsome,
- lousy,
- low,
- low-down,
- lumpen,
- mangy,
- mean,
- measly,
- miscreant,
- miserable,
- monstrous,
- nasty,
- naughty,
- noisome,
- notorious,
- obnoxious,
- odious,
- offensive,
- outrageous,
- paltry,
- peccant,
- perverse,
- petty,
- pitiable,
- pitiful,
- poky,
- poor,
- putrid,
- rank,
- regrettable,
- reprehensible,
- reprobate,
- reptilian,
- repulsive,
- rotten,
- sad,
- scabby,
- scandalous,
- schlock,
- scrubby,
- scruffy,
- scummy,
- scurvy,
- shabby,
- shameful,
- shocking,
- shoddy,
- sinful,
- small,
- sordid,
- squalid,
- terrible,
- too bad,
- unclean,
- unforgivable,
- unmentionable,
- unpardonable,
- unspeakable,
- unworthy,
- vicious,
- vile,
- villainous,
- wicked,
- woeful,
- worst,
- worthless,
- wretched,
- wrong