| 单词 | wicked |
| 释义 | wicked (once / 126 pages) adj Wicked has two quite contradictory meanings. If something is pure evil, then it is wicked. Think Darth Vader. On the other hand, as an informal slang term, wicked also means excellent — as in "that DJ is wicked, man!" Go figure. Other shades of meaning for wicked include something that is playful or enjoyably malicious. Someone might have a wicked sense of humor, for example, meaning it's fierce and takes aim sharply at its victims. Or it can also mean something that, while not actively evil, is still extremely unpleasant. Exams can be wicked, and so can someone's temper or the weather. The word comes from the Old English term wicca meaning "wizard." WORD FAMILYwicked: wickeder, wickedest, wickedly, wickedness+/wickedness: wickednesses USAGE EXAMPLESMeanwhile, efforts to address Albany’s wicked ways fell flat again, with lawmakers passing only modest ethics reforms. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) Ms. Fisher’s vivid prose, wicked humor and striking performances inevitably led many people, including herself, to wonder whether bipolar mania fuels creativity. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) Only the profoundly wicked shoots and kills people at a Bible study, rams a truck into Christmas shoppers, and suicide-bombs innocent men, women and children. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) 1adj having committed unrighteous acts Syn sinful, unholy unrighteous not righteous 2adj morally bad in principle or practice Syn|Ant evil morally bad or wrong immoraldeliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong impiouslacking piety or reverence for a god wrongcontrary to conscience or morality or law unrighteousnot righteous evil, vicioushaving the nature of vice heavy(of an actor or role) being or playing the villain flagitious, heinousextremely wicked, deeply criminal iniquitous, sinful, ungodlycharacterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin irreclaimable, irredeemable, unredeemable, unreformableinsusceptible of reform nefarious, villainousextremely wicked peccable, peccantliable to sin virtuous morally excellent chastemorally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse) goodmorally admirable moralconcerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles pioushaving or showing or expressing reverence for a deity righteouscharacterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice impeccablenot capable of sin impeccant, innocent, sinlessfree from sin 3adj intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality under wicked fire from the enemy's guns a wicked cough Syn severe, terrible intense possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree 4adj naughtily or annoyingly playful a wicked prank Syn arch, impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish playful full of fun and high spirits 5adj highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust a wicked stench Syn disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellant, repellent, repelling, revolting, skanky, yucky offensive unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses |
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