'Wickedness' definitions:
Definition of 'wickedness'
From: WordNet
noun
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Absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness" [syn: iniquity, wickedness, darkness, dark]
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Estrangement from god [syn: sin, sinfulness, wickedness]
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The quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions; "the vileness of his language surprised us" [syn: loathsomeness, repulsiveness, sliminess, vileness, lousiness, wickedness]
Definition of 'Wickedness'
From: GCIDE
- Wickedness \Wick"ed*ness\, n.
- 1. The quality or state of being wicked; departure from the rules of the divine or the moral law; evil disposition or practices; immorality; depravity; sinfulness. [1913 Webster]
- God saw that the wickedness of man was great. --Gen. vi. 5. [1913 Webster]
- Their inward part is very wickedness. --Ps. v. 9. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A wicked thing or act; crime; sin; iniquity. [1913 Webster]
- I'll never care what wickedness I do, If this man comes to good. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'wickedness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aberrance,
- aberrancy,
- abnormality,
- arrantness,
- badness,
- baseness,
- bitchiness,
- corruption,
- criminality,
- cussedness,
- damnability,
- debt,
- delinquency,
- depravity,
- deviance,
- deviancy,
- devilishness,
- devilment,
- devilry,
- deviltry,
- evil intent,
- evilness,
- fiendishness,
- flagitiousness,
- foulness,
- godlessness,
- harmfulness,
- hatefulness,
- heinousness,
- hellishness,
- illegality,
- immorality,
- impiety,
- improperness,
- impropriety,
- inaccuracy,
- inappropriateness,
- inauspiciousness,
- incorrectness,
- indecorousness,
- indecorum,
- inexpedience,
- inferiority,
- infraction,
- iniquitousness,
- invalidity,
- invidiousness,
- irreligion,
- maleficence,
- malevolence,
- malice,
- malice aforethought,
- malice prepense,
- maliciousness,
- malignance,
- malignancy,
- malignity,
- meanness,
- moral badness,
- nastiness,
- naughtiness,
- nefariousness,
- noxiousness,
- orneriness,
- peccancy,
- rankness,
- reprehensibility,
- sin,
- sinfulness,
- un-Christliness,
- unangelicalness,
- unchristianliness,
- unfavorableness,
- unfitness,
- unfittingness,
- ungodliness,
- unhealthiness,
- unholiness,
- unkindness,
- unlawfulness,
- unpleasantness,
- unrighteousness,
- unsaintliness,
- unseemliness,
- unskillfulness,
- unsuitability,
- vice,
- viciousness,
- vileness,
- villainousness,
- violation,
- wrong,
- wrongfulness,
- wrongness