wickedness

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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wickedness - morally objectionable behavior       evil, immorality, iniquity evildoing, transgression - the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle; "the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father" devilry, deviltry - wicked and cruel behavior foul play - unfair or dishonest behavior (especially involving violence) irreverence, violation - a disrespectful act sexual immorality - the evil ascribed to sexual acts that violate social conventions; "sexual immorality is the major reason for last year's record number of abortions"
	2.	wickedness - absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness" iniquity, dark, darkness condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" foulness - disgusting wickedness and immorality; "he understood the foulness of sin"; "his display of foulness deserved severe punishment"; "mouths which speak such foulness must be cleansed"
	3.	wickedness - the quality of being wicked           nefariousness, vileness, ugliness evilness, evil - the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice; "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world" filthiness - moral corruption or pollution; "this deformity and filthiness of sin" enormity - the quality of extreme wickedness
	4.	wickedness - estrangement from god                 sin, sinfulness unrighteousness - failure to adhere to moral principles; "forgave us our sins and cleansed us of all unrighteousness" mark of Cain - the mark that God set upon Cain now refers to a person's sinful nature
	5.	wickedness - the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions; "the vileness of his language surprised us" loathsomeness, repulsiveness, sliminess, vileness, lousiness odiousness, offensiveness, distastefulness - the quality of being offensive

Translations

wickedness [ˈwɪkɪdnɪs] n → maldad f; crueldad f