villainousness

noun

Definition of villainousnessnext
as in evil

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for villainousness
  1. evil
  2. villainy
  3. wickedness
  4. turpitude
  5. bad
  6. wrong
  7. evildoing
  8. ill
Noun
  • But did the Stanford experiment really offer anything conclusive about the nature of evil?
    Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • The deity is also linked to earthquakes, thunder, darkness, storms, and death and was widely regarded as the most powerful force of evil in Egyptian theology.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of evil
Noun
  • For the perpetually put-upon Rhiannon, victimhood and villainy are two sides of the same coin.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The closest any of his star turns have come to villainy are the first and fourth Rambo films, but Rambo is Frankenstein’s monster, not Dracula.
    Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2024
Definition of villainy
Noun
  • Bre works hard to convince us that she’s conflicted over what to do with this information and is sympathetic to Chelsea’s plight, but Amanda Lynn radiates a wickedness that undercuts however decent Bre is trying to be here.
    Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024
  • When not sparring with the resolute Tell, Gessler is oft accompanied by snooty henchmen and a rebellious princess (Emily Beecham), giving him plenty of outlets to flex his wickedness.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 11 Sep. 2024
Definition of wickedness
Noun
  • Last week there was another article about three former major league pitchers who cannot find jobs in a depleted pitching market because of their off-field activities, indiscretions, moral turpitude, etc.
    Dan Freedman, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
  • According to a 2021 Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office manual, material relating to dishonesty, assaults, racial bias and acts of moral turpitude can all be relevant Brady material.
    Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024
Definition of turpitude
Noun
  • The revenue could come from taxes on bads (pollution, for example) or on rents (including land and, above all, intellectual property).
    Martin Wolf, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2015
  • Despite the obvious bad, there was undeniable good.
    Mellissa Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
Definition of bad
Noun
  • Once more, Kate’s sense of right and wrong is easily swayed by one person laying out a complicated, unlikely series of events that Kate hadn’t considered.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Second, the legal system’s reluctance to acknowledge its mistakes virtually ensures that some wrongs are never corrected – even when questions are raised about the evidence and witnesses underpinning a conviction.
    Terry W., The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of wrong
Noun
  • And some will remember the evildoing of those who confected the Trump-Russia hoax, the obstructionist chicanery of the authors of the impeachment trial, and the questionable conduct of the Democratic candidate and his family in dubious financial endeavors in Ukraine and China.
    Conrad Black, National Review, 14 Oct. 2020
  • The greater the barriers to evildoing, the greater the chances of discouraging causal efforts and upping the ante for the determined cyber crooks.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2023
Definition of evildoing
Noun
  • Fascist leaders often target minority groups and blame them for the country's ills, the War Department cautioned.
    Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2024
  • To Gigi, the beneficiary, Pita was treated well, and, anyway, isn’t the American foster system a comparable social ill?
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of ill
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