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wicked

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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).

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

wicked·ly adv.
wicked·ness n.

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

wicked


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We are so grateful to you for having killed the Wicked Witch of the East, and for setting our people free from bondage.
A WICKED Old Man finding himself ill sent for a Physician, who prescribed for him and went away.
There was something in Kate's manner that was not to be resisted, and so Nathaniel Pipkin complied with the invitation; and after a great deal of blushing on his part, and immoderate laughter on that of the wicked little cousin, Nathaniel Pipkin went down on his knees on the dewy grass, and declared his resolution to remain there for ever, unless he were permitted to rise the accepted lover of Maria Lobbs.
 
 
 
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