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

Adjective

1. morally bad: the wicked queen in `Snow White'

2. playfully mischievous or roguish: let's be wicked and go skinny-dipping

3. dangerous or unpleasant: there was a wicked cut over his eye

4. Slang very good [Old English wicca sorcerer, wicce witch]

wickedly adv
wickedness n

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 << OPPOSITE virtuous

adjective 2. mischievous, playful, impish, devilish, arch, teasing, naughty, cheeky, rascally, incorrigible, raffish, roguish, rakish, tricksy, puckish, waggish << OPPOSITE well-behaved

adjective 3. agonizing, terrible, acute, severe, intense, awful, painful, fierce, mighty, dreadful, fearful, gut-wrenching

adjective 4. harmful, terrible, intense, mighty, crashing, dreadful, destructive, injurious << OPPOSITE harmless

adjective 5. (Slang) expert, great (informal) strong, powerful, masterly, wonderful, outstanding, remarkable, ace (informal) first-class, marvellous, mighty, dazzling, skilful, A1 (informal) adept, deft, adroit

Translations

wicked [ˈwɪkɪd] adj → malvado, cruel

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wicked [ˈwɪkɪd] adj → méchant(e) (= mischievous) [grin, look] → espiègle, malicieux/euse; [crime] → pervers(e) (= terrible) [prices, weather] → épouvantable;

(inf) (= very good); génial(e) (inf)

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wicked [ˈwɪkɪd] adj [crime, person] → böse; [smile, wit] → frech;

(inf) [prices] → unverschämt;

(000) [weather] → schrecklich

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wicked [ˈwɪkɪd] adj → cattivo/a, malvagio/a (= mischievous); malizioso/a (= terrible) [prices, weather] → terribile