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wicked
adjective as in corrupt, bad
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- abandoned
- abominable
- amoral
- arch
- atrocious
- bad news
- base
- contemptible
- debased
- degenerate
- depraved
- dissolute
- egregious
- fiendish
- flagitious
- foul
- gross
- guilty
- heartless
- heinous
- immoral
- impious
- incorrigible
- indecent
- iniquitous
- irreligious
- low-down
- mean
- nefarious
- profane
- reprobate
- rotten
- scandalous
- shameful
- shameless
- sinful
- unethical
- unprincipled
- unrighteous
- vile
- worthless
adjective as in destructive, troublesome
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It also ignores the fact that high-dominance politics is innately neither virtuous nor wicked.
The “Fast Car” singer says that in addition to anxiety, he has a “particularly wicked” version of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Strong doesn’t just nail the impression of Cohn, he’s got Cohn’s slippery air down to a wicked science.
Fisher boasts a high-velocity fastball and “wicked” drop ball — tools that position her for an immediate impact.
The world is wicked enough as it is, we could stand to settle for drunk and dramatic over downright evil.
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What are other ways to say wicked?
Wicked implies willful and determined doing of what is very wrong: a wicked plan. Evil applies to that which violates or leads to the violation of moral law: evil practices. Ill now appears mainly in certain fixed expressions, with a milder implication than that in evil: ill will; ill-natured. Bad is the broadest and simplest term: a bad man; bad habits.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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