wicked

wick·ed  (wkd)

adj. wick·ed·er, wick·ed·est

1. Evil by nature and in practice: "this wicked man Hitler, the repository and embodiment of many forms of soul-destroying hatred" (Winston S. Churchill).

2. Playfully malicious or mischievous: a wicked prank; a critic's wicked wit.

3. Severe and distressing: a wicked cough; a wicked gash; wicked driving conditions.

4. Highly offensive; obnoxious: a wicked stench.

5. Slang Strikingly good, effective, or skillful: a wicked curve ball; a wicked imitation.

adv. Slang

Used as an intensive: "a ... body suit, which she describes as wicked comfortable" (Nathan Cobb).

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[Middle English, alteration of wicke, ultimately from Old English wicca, sorcerer; see witch.]

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wicked·ly adv.

wicked·ness n.

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wicked [ˈwɪkɪd]

adj

1.

a.  morally bad in principle or practice

b.  (as collective noun; preceded by the) the wicked

2. mischievous or roguish, esp in a playful way a wicked grin

3. causing injury or harm

4. troublesome, unpleasant, or offensive

5. Slang very good

[from dialect wick, from Old English wicca sorcerer, wicce witch¹]

wickedly  adv

wickedness  n

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wicked

• facinorous - Extremely wicked.
• flagitious - Criminally wicked.
• scelestious, scelestic - Other terms for wicked are scelestious and scelestic.
• wicked - Probably based on Old English wicca, "witch."

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	wicked - morally bad in principle or practice evil - morally bad or wrong; "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds" immoral - deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong impious - lacking piety or reverence for a god wrong - contrary to conscience or morality or law; "it is wrong for the rich to take advantage of the poor"; "cheating is wrong"; "it is wrong to lie" unrighteous - not righteous; "an unrighteous man"; "an unrighteous law" virtuous - morally excellent
	2.	wicked - having committed unrighteous acts; "a sinful person" sinful, unholy unrighteous - not righteous; "an unrighteous man"; "an unrighteous law"
	3.	wicked - intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality; "severe pain"; "a severe case of flu"; "a terrible cough"; "under wicked fire from the enemy's guns"; "a wicked cough" severe, terrible intense - possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense"
	4.	wicked - naughtily or annoyingly playful; "teasing and worrying with impish laughter"; "a wicked prank" impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish, arch playful - full of fun and high spirits; "playful children just let loose from school"
	5.	wicked - highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench" foul, loathly, repelling, revolting, skanky, yucky, disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, loathsome, repellant, repellent offensive - unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors"

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wicked

adjective

1. bad, evil, corrupt, vile, guilty, abandoned, foul, vicious, worthless, shameful, immoral, scandalous, atrocious, sinful, heinous, depraved, debased, devilish, amoral, egregious, abominable, fiendish, villainous, unprincipled, nefarious, dissolute, iniquitous, irreligious, black-hearted, impious, unrighteous, maleficent, flagitious She flew at me, shouting how evil and wicked I was.
bad good, principled, moral, noble, ethical, honourable, benevolent, virtuous

2. mischievous, playful, impish, devilish, arch, teasing, naughty, cheeky, rascally, incorrigible, raffish, roguish, rakish, tricksy, puckish, waggish She has a delightfully wicked sense of humour.
mischievous good, mannerly, obedient, well-behaved

3. agonizing, terrible, acute, severe, intense, awful, painful, fierce, mighty, dreadful, fearful, gut-wrenching A wicked pain shot through his injured elbow.

4. harmful, terrible, intense, mighty, crashing, dreadful, destructive, injurious The wind gets so wicked you want to stay indoors while the sea rages.
harmful pleasant, mild, harmless, wholesome, innocuous

5. (Slang) expert, great (informal), strong, powerful, masterly, wonderful, outstanding, remarkable, ace (informal), first-class, marvellous, mighty, dazzling, skilful, A1 (informal), adept, deft, adroit John's a wicked tennis player. He always wins.

Quotations
"There is no peace unto the wicked" Bible: Isaiah

Translations

wicked [ˈwɪkɪd]

A. ADJ

1. (= evil) → malvado, cruel
that was a wicked thing to do → eso no se perdona

2. (= naughty) [grin, look, suggestion] → pícaro
he gave a wicked grin → sonrió con picardía
a wicked sense of humour → un sentido del humor socarrón

3. (fig) [price] → escandaloso; [satire] → muy mordaz, cruel; [temper] → terrible; (= very bad) → horroroso, horrible
a wicked waste → un despilfarro escandaloso
it's wicked weather → hace un tiempo horrible
it's a wicked car to start → este coche es horrible para arrancar

4. (= brilliant) → de puta madre, estupendo, guay

B. N no rest or peace for the wicked → no hay descanso para los malvados

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wicked [ˈwɪkɪd] adj

(= evil) [person] → méchant(e); [act] → abject(e)
a wicked, cruel man → un homme méchant et cruel
It was clear that he had done something wicked
BUT Il était clair qu'il avait fait quelque chose de mal.

(= mischievous) [grin, look] → diabolique; [sense of humour] → diabolique
He gave me a wicked grin → Il me lança un sourire diabolique.

(= disgraceful) [prices] → monstrueux/euse; [waste] → épouvantable
It's a wicked waste of resources → C'est un épouvantable gaspillage.

(= great, cool) → méchamment cool >
The film was wicked → Le film était méchamment cool.

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wicked

adj

(= evil) person etc → böse; (= immoral) → schlecht, gottlos; (= indulging in vices) → lasterhaft; that was a wicked thing to do → das war aber gemein or böse or niederträchtig (von dir/ihm etc); it’s wicked to tease animals → Tiere zu quälen ist gemein; it’s wicked to tell lies/swear → Lügen/Fluchen ist hässlich

(= vicious) → böse; weapon → gemein (inf), → niederträchtig, heimtückisch; satire → boshaft; blow, frost, wind, weather → gemein (inf), → böse; he has a wicked temper → er ist unbeherrscht or aufbrausend or jähzornig; the dog has a wicked temper → der Hund ist bösartig

(= mischievous) smile, look, grin → frech, boshaft; you wicked girl, you → du schlimmes Mädchen or du freches Stück (inf) → (du)!; I’ve just had a wicked idea → mir fällt (gerade) was Tolles (inf) → or (practical joke) → ein guter Streich ein

(inf: = scandalous) price etc → hanebüchen (inf), → unverschämt; it’s a wicked shame → es ist jammerschade; it’s wicked what they charge → es ist hanebüchen (inf) → or unverschämt or nicht mehr feierlich (inf), → was sie verlangen

(sl: = very good) → geil (sl)

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wicked [ˈwɪkɪd] adj (person, remark, smile) → cattivo/a, malvagio/a; (mischievous) → malizioso/a; (satire) → sferzante; (system, policy) → iniquo/a (fam) (price, weather) → allucinante
she has a wicked temper → ha un caratteraccio
that was a wicked thing to do → è stata una cattiveria
a wicked blow → un brutto colpo
a wicked sense of humour → un senso dell'umorismo un po' malizioso

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wicked

adj wicked [ˈwikid]

evil; sinful He is a wicked man; That was a wicked thing to do. sleg شِرّير، مُؤْذٍ зъл špatný, hříšný ond gottlos κακός, μοχθηρός malvado, cruel, insoportable kuri, nurjatu بدجنس paha méchant, mauvais רַע दुष्ट zao bűnös, gonosz jahat vondur, illur cattivo 邪悪な 사악한 negeras, nedoras ļauns; negodīgs jahat; keji slecht, boosaardig ond(sinnet); syndig niegodziwy malvado rău, crud зло(бны)й zlý; zlomyseľný zloben grešan ond, ondskefull, syndig ชั่วร้าย; ทราม kötü, hain 邪惡的 злий, недобрий فاسق độc ác 邪恶的

adv wickedly

sleg بصورَةٍ شِرّيرَه أو مُؤْذِيَه зло špatně ondt gottlos μοχθηρά malvadamente, cruelmente kurjalt بدکارانه ilkeästi méchamment בְּרִשעוּת दुष्टतापूर्वक zlo bűnösen, gonoszul secara jahat illgirnislega con cattiveria 邪悪にも 사악하게, 부도덕하게 negerai, nedorai ļauni; negodīgi dengan jahat; dengan keji slecht ondsinnet, ondskapsfullt; syndig niegodziwie maldosamente cu răutate зло(бно) zlomyseľne zlobno grešno ondskefullt อย่างชั่วช้า kötülükle 邪惡地 зло بد نیتی سے độc ác 邪恶地

n wickedness

slegheid شَر، خُبْث، رَداءَة خُلْق злобност špatnost ondskab die Gottlosigkeit κακία, μοχθηρία maldad, crueldad kurjus شرارت pahuus méchanceté רִשעוּת दुष्टता zlo gonoszság kejahatan vonska, illska cattiveria 邪悪 사악함, 부도덕함 blogis ļaunums; negodīgums kejahatan; kekejian slechtheid ondskap; syndighet niegodziwość maldade răutate злобность zlomyseľnosť zloba grešnost ondska, ondskefullhet, synd[] ความชั่วร้าย kötülük 邪惡 злісність بد اعمالی sự độc ác 邪恶

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wicked → كريه zlý ond böse επαίσχυντος malvado paha malicieux zao cattivo 邪悪な 사악한 kwaadaardig ond niegodziwy malvado злобный elak ชั่วร้าย hain xấu xa 邪恶的