1
: morally very bad : evil
2
3
a
: disgustingly unpleasant : vile
a wicked odor
b
: causing or likely to cause harm, distress, or trouble
a wicked storm
4
: going beyond reasonable or predictable limits : of exceptional quality or degree
throws a wicked fastball
wickedly
adverb
Synonyms
Adjective
- bad
- dark
- evil
- immoral
- iniquitous
- nefarious
- rotten
- sinful
- unethical
- unlawful
- unrighteous
- unsavory
- vicious
- vile
- villainous
- wrong
Adverb
- achingly
- almighty
- archly
- awful
- awfully
- badly
- beastly
- blisteringly
- bone
- colossally
- corking
- cracking
- damn
- damned
- dang
- deadly
- desperately
- eminently
- enormously
- especially
- ever
- exceedingly
- exceeding
- extra
- extremely
- fabulously
- fantastically
- far
- fiercely
- filthy
- frightfully
- full
- greatly
- heavily
- highly
- hugely
- immensely
- incredibly
- intensely
- jolly
- majorly
- mightily
- mighty
- monstrous [chiefly dialect]
- mortally
- most
- much
- particularly
- passing
- rattling
- real
- really
- right
- roaring
- roaringly
- seriously
- severely
- so
- sore
- sorely
- spanking
- specially
- stinking
- such
- super
- supremely
- surpassingly
- terribly
- that
- thumping
- too
- unco
- uncommonly
- vastly
- very
- vitally
- way
- whacking
- wildly
Examples of wicked in a Sentence
Adjective
a wicked act of cruelty
She played the part of the wicked stepmother in the play.
She wore a wicked grin after her victory.
She's known for having a wicked sense of humor.
She had a wicked case of food poisoning.
A wicked odor was coming from the closet.
He throws a wicked fastball.
Adverb
His car goes wicked fast.
All his friends thought he was wicked cool.
The tickets were wicked expensive.
Recent Examples on the Web
David Chiu, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
Since the fourth generation was unveiled in 2016, annual sales have remained a mystery, a wicked downturn one year, a surprising surge in sales the next year.
—James Raia, The Mercury News, 3 Nov. 2024
Sam is an outcast, working for her wicked stepmother in her late father’s diner, while secretly emailing her crush, the popular quarterback Austin Ames (played by Chad Michael Murray).
—Jane Lacroix, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
Though Elena and Rosaura are drafted as wicked mother and sister in a story with a lot of Cinderella in it, both Azuela and Becerril find enough fragility in their performances to keep the characters from playing as mere opposition to Tita’s general goodness.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
The sextet’s energy was palpable inside the Barclays from beginning to end, as the excited crowd with arms waving saw Dickinson roam the stage and twirl the mike stand; the intensity in his wicked singing had not diminished over the decades.
—David Chiu, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
Since the fourth generation was unveiled in 2016, annual sales have remained a mystery, a wicked downturn one year, a surprising surge in sales the next year.
—James Raia, The Mercury News, 3 Nov. 2024
Sam is an outcast, working for her wicked stepmother in her late father’s diner, while secretly emailing her crush, the popular quarterback Austin Ames (played by Chad Michael Murray).
—Jane Lacroix, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
Though Elena and Rosaura are drafted as wicked mother and sister in a story with a lot of Cinderella in it, both Azuela and Becerril find enough fragility in their performances to keep the characters from playing as mere opposition to Tita’s general goodness.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for wicked
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“Wicked.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wicked. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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