wickedness
/ˈwɪkɪdnəs
/noun [mass noun]
The quality of being evil or morally wrong: the wickedness of the regime...
- There is not a word in the English dictionary to really describe this pre-meditated act of evil and wickedness.
- All sense of right and wrong became blurred and a culture of wickedness replaced the old values and traditions.
- Indeed, there are few acts of comparable deliberate and indiscriminate wickedness in human history.
Synonyms
evil-doing, evil, evilness, sin, sinfulness, iniquity, iniquitousness, vileness, foulness, baseness, badness, wrong, wrongdoing, dishonesty, double-dealing, unscrupulousness, roguery, villainy, rascality, delinquency, viciousness, degeneracy, depravity, dissolution, dissipation, immorality, vice, perversion, pervertedness, corruption, corruptness, turpitude, devilry, devilishness, fiendishness;
ungodliness, godlessness, unholiness, irreligiousness, sacrilegiousness, profanity, blasphemy, impiety, impiousness, irreverence, impurity, heinousness
informal crookedness, shadiness
Law malfeasance
archaic knavery, deviltry
rare peccability, peccancy