wickedadjective
uk/ˈwɪk.ɪd/us/ˈwɪk.ɪd/wicked adjective (BAD)
C2 morally wrong and bad:
It was a wicked thing to do.
Of course, in the end, the wicked witch gets killed.
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evil adjective
naughty
slightly immoral or bad for you, but in an attractive way:
a wicked grin
a wicked sense of humour
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- In the story, a wicked witch put a curse on the princess for 100 years.
- In the story of Sleeping Beauty, the wicked fairy puts a spell/curse/ hex on the baby princess.
- The murder was a wicked act.
- I don't think he's wicked - more stupid, I'd say.
- Telling lies is a wicked thing to do.
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Morally wrong and evil
- abhorrent
- amoral
- anomie
- arch-villain
- be rotten to the core idiom
- canker
- darkly
- evil
- evildoer
- go to the bad idiom
- godless
- hanky-panky
- heinous
- immoral
- scandalous
- seamy
- seedy
- shocking
- shockingly
- wickedness
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Bad but attractive
wicked adjective (EXCELLENT)
informal excellent:
That car is wicked!
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Informal words for good
- A-OK
- ace
- amazeballs
- apple pie
- awesomesauce
- badass
- champion
- jim-dandy
- juicy
- killer
- knock
- knock spots off sth idiom
- magic
- rule
- serious
- smashing
- some
- splendiferous
- steal the show/scene idiom
- stupendous
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