Reverse Dictionary: EVIL

ADJECTIVES
► AGATHOKAKOLOGICAL composed of good and evil → a1843
► ANOINTED of persons: thoroughly bad, wholly given up to evil courses; notorious → 1856 Eng. dial.
► AVERRUNCAL averting evil → 1705 obs.
► BADLY LOOKING of repulsive or evil appearance → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BALE actively evil, deadly, dire, pernicious, destructive, fatal, cruel, tormenting → a1000 obs.
► BEDEVILED evil disposed → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BLACK AS COAL extremely dark or evil → 1995 US sl. (Bk.)
► BLACK-HEARTED evil → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► BOWSIE ► BOWSY bad, evil, malicious → 1914 Irish sl.
► CACODOX holding wrong or evil opinions or doctrines → 1716 obs.
► CACODOXIAN holding wrong or evil opinions → 1716
► CACODOXICAL holding wrong or evil opinions → 1693
► CACOETHE of an ill habit → 1541 obs.
► CANKERED infected with evil; corrupt, depraved → c1440
► DARK evil → 2000 UK sl.
► DERN of evil or deceitful nature; cruel or barbarous → c897 obs.
► EERIEFUL weird, uncanny, foreboding evil, portentous → 1880 Sc.
► EVIL-BELIVED evil-living, of ill life → 1557 obs.
► EVIL-DEEDY given to evil deeds; mischievous → 1535 now Sc.
► FUNEST causing death or evil; fatal., disastrous; dreadful → 1636
► FUNESTOUS causing death or evil; fatal, disastrous; dreadful → 1641 obs.
► GALLOWS-FACED evil-looking → 1769
► HAGER fierce, cruel, evil → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ILL evil, immoral → 1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► ILL-BORN of evil birth or origin → 1640
► ILL-CANKERED evilly disposed → 1856 Eng. dial.
► ILL-DEEDED mischievous, evilly disposed → 1822 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► ILL-DEEDIE ► ILL-DEEDY given to evil deeds; mischievous → c1460 obs. exc. Sc.
► ILL-DESIGNED evilly disposed → 1891 Sc.
► ILL-DREADED expecting evil → 1897 Sc.
► ILL-FACED having an evil countenance → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ILL-FEARING fearing the powers of evil → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ILLFUL full of evil; harmful; pernicious → 1615 obs.
► ILL-GIVEN evil-minded, ill-tempered; prone to speak or do evil → 1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► ILL-LOOKED having an evil aspect or evil looks; ill-looking, ugly → 1636 obs.
► ILL-LOOKING of evil or repulsive appearance; having a bad look; ugly; the opposite of good-looking → 1633
► ILL-MEANING meaning evil, malicious in intent → 1681
► ILL-MINDED having an evil mind or disposition; unfriendly, hostile, malicious → 1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► ILL-MUGGENT evil-disposed → 1785 Sc. obs.
► ILL-SEEMING of evil appearance or aspect → 1596
► ILL-SET evil-disposed, having evil propensities → 1776 Sc.
► ILLSOME evilly disposed → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ILL-STATED in an evil state or condition → 1605 obs.
► ILL-TONGUED having a malicious tongue; speaking evil; slanderous; using bad language; foul-mouthed → a1300
► ILL-TRODDEN evil, wicked → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ILL-TURNED having an evil turn of mind; ill-disposed → a1637 obs.
► IMPENDENT of evil, danger: that is about to fall or happen; imminent; near at hand → a1592
► IMPERFECT positively faulty, vicious, evil → 1377 obs.
► INAUSPICIOUS not of good omen; foreboding evil; ill-omened, unlucky, unfortunate → 1599
► LEWD of persons, their actions, etc.: bad, vile, evil, wicked, base; unprincipled, ill-conditioned; good-for-nothing; worthless → c1386 obs.
► MALEFIC productive of disaster or evil → 1652
► MALEFICAL productive of disaster or evil → 1615 obs.
► MALEVOLOUS malevolent; desirous of evil to others; disposed to ill will → 1536 obs.
► MALIFEROUS bringing or producing evil or harm; hurtful, unwholesome, unhealthy, insalubrious → 1727
► MALOROUS evil; unfortunate; malicious → 1876 Sc.
► MURK wicked, evil → 1000 obs.
► NOCIVOUS hurtful, harmful, injurious, evil → 1616 obs.
► PERNICIOUS villainous, wicked, evil, malicious → 1555 now obs.
► PRAVITOUS characterized by wickedness or depravity; full of evil, bad → 1648 obs.
► QUED ► QUEDE evil, wicked, bad, vile, base → c1205 obs. exc. Sc.
► QUEDFUL full of evil or wickedness → 1340 obs.
► SCELESTIOUS wicked, evil, villainous → 1608 obs.
► UNIVELE evil → c1205 obs.
► UNKED ► UNKERD ► UNKID weird, uncanny; insane; ominous of evil; horrid, ghastly, terrible → 1861 Eng. dial.
► VAGGY debased, low, of evil propensities → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► VILD unpleasant, disagreeable, portending evil or mischief, disgusting, filthy → 1836 Sc.
► WANCHANCY unlucky, ill-fated, boding evil; wicked; dangerous, apt to injure → 1814 Sc.
► WANLICH baleful, fraught with evil → c1205 obs.
► WRACK worthless, base, evil; said of persons → 1375 obs.

ADVERBS
► LEWDLY wickedly, evilly, vilely, mischievously → 1382 obs.
► SINISTERLY with evil intent or purpose; maliciously, malevolently → 1549 obs.

NOUNS
► AFTERCLAP ulterior and unexpected consequences, generally unpleasant; evil consequence → 1580 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► AIL an evil → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BAD NAIL an evil disposition or ‘streak’ in one’s nature → 1866 Sc. obs.
► BAD SHIT a bad event; bad luck; evil practices → 2000 US sl.
► BALE evil, esp. considered in its active operation, as destroying, blasting, injuring, hurting, paining, tormenting; fatal, dire, or malign quality of influence; woe, mischief, harm, injury; in earlier use often: death, infliction of death → a1000
► BELIAL the spirit of evil personified; the devil → c1225
► CACOETHES an evil habit → 1563-87
► DARK TRICK an evil action → 1870 Eng. dial.
► DEFAME ill fame, evil repute; dishonour, disgrace, infamy → 1375 obs.
► FACT an evil deed, a crime → 1539 obs.
► FEAT an evil deed; a crime → 1481 obs.
► GURLIEWHIRKIE unforeseen evil, dark and dismal; premeditated revenge → 19C Sc.
► HALSENING a predicting or speaking evil → 1746 Eng. dial.
► ILL evil, misfortune, injury; harm; misunderstanding → 1810 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► ILL DREAD an apprehension of evil → 1820 Sc.
► ILL-GAIT ► ILL-GATE a bad habit; an evil way → 1865 Sc.
► ILLNESS bad moral quality, condition or character; wickedness, depravity; evil conduct; badness → c1500 obs.
► LEWDNESS wickedness; evil behaviour → 1387 obs.
► MALEFICE an evil deed; mischief → 1591 obs.
► MALENGIN evil machination; ill-intent; fraud, deceit, guile → 1390 obs.
► MALEVOLENCY ill-will; the wishing evil to others → a1662 obs.
► MALISM the doctrine that this world is an evil one → 1883
► MALISON the personification of evil; the Evil One → 1898 Sc.
► MALVERSATION evil conduct → 1752 obs.
► NAAM a trick, a sign of an evil or mischievous disposition → 1911 Sc.
► NAUGHT 1. wickedness, evil, moral wrong, mischief → c897 obs.
2. an evil or wicked thing → a1639 obs.
► OBDURACY stubbornness, obstinacy; obstinate hardness of heart, relentlessness; persistence in evil → 1597
► OBDURATENESS stubbornness, obstinacy; obstinate hardness of heart, relentlessness; persistence in evil → 1618
► POISON a situation, person, event, etc. that portends harm and evil → 1918 Amer. sl.
► PONEROLOGY a theory or doctrine of evil → 1872
► QUED ► QUEDE evil, mischief, harm → a1225 obs.
► QUEDHEAD evil, wickedness → 1340  obs.
► QUEDNESS evil, wickedness → c1300 obs.
► QUEDSHIP evil, wickedness → c1205 obs.
► SCOUK a furtive look, a glance from under the brows or from the tail of the eye; a squint; a frown; a scowl; a sour, gloomy aspect; an evil look → c1715 Sc.
► THOWLESSNESS evil or immoral conduct; bad behaviour; wantonness; vice → 1489 Sc. obs.
► UNITHARF evil, mischief → c1200 obs.
► WHAMMY a ‘hex’, an evil influence, the evil eye → 1950s sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BAD MEMBER a doer of evil; a bad character; a treacherous fellow → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► BADMASH one following evil courses; a bad, wicked, or disreputable fellow; a villainous man; a rascal, a scoundrel → 1843 Anglo-Indian
► BITCH a cruel, evil, or rude person; generally used of women, but may also be used of men → 1989 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► CACODEMON an evil person → 1711
► CROAKER a person who talks dismally or despondingly; one who forebodes or prophesies evil → 1637
► DEVIL’S-CROOK. an evil-disposed person → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ENEMY the devil; a person of evil disposition → 1814 Sc.
► GALLAS a person of evil conduct; a notoriously bad person  → 1878 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HEAVY FATHER a troublesome or evil friend; an enemy → c1510 obs.
► HEAVY FRIEND a troublesome or evil friend; an enemy → 1554 obs.
► HELLCAT 1. an evil person, suggestive of a creature from hell; now usually: a person who causes trouble or creates chaos, esp. by wild or outrageous behaviour; a reckless, impertinent, bad-tempered, or vexatious person; a troublemaker; a devil-may-care person; a pest, an annoying person; a mischievous young boy → 1603
2. a mean, vicious, spiteful, malicious, or evil woman; a woman who is uncontrollable or incorrigible, esp. in wickedness, ferocity, etc.; a witch → 1612
► HELL-DEVIL a person likened to a devil from hell → c1390
► HELL-DOG a hell-hound; a fiend; a fiendish person; a bad or evil person → .c1225
► HELL-HAG a vile or malevolent woman; a malicious, evil-minded old woman; a mischievous, wicked woman; a witch; a lewd person of either sex → 1615
► HELL-HOUND a fiend; a fiendish person; a bad or evil person; a ruffian; a lewd fellow, a profligate → c1340
► HUMDUDGEON a big, stupid person of an evil disposition → 19C Sc.
► ILL-WILLER one who wishes evil against another → 1713 Sc.
► IMPRECATOR one who invokes evil → 1845
► IMPROBE a wicked or evil person → 1484  obs.
► MAL-INTENTIONEE an evil-intentioned person → a1734 obs.
► MAN OF BELIAL, A a worthless or evil man; a wicked, depraved person → 1821
► PIMP a thoroughly evil person → 1774 US
► TOD’S BAIRNS children or persons of a bad stock, an evil brood → 1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► TOD’S BIRDS children or persons of a bad stock, an evil brood → 1589 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.

PHRASES
► YOU CAN’T MAKE AN OMELET WITHOUT BREAKING EGGS one must sometimes do evil or cause damage and inconvenience to accomplish good; the end justifies the means → 1859

VERBS
► BACKCAP to speak evil of someone, so as to spoil their game → L19 sl.
► BESHREW to make wicked or evil; to deprave, to pervert, to corrupt → c1325 obs.
► CROAK to forebode evil → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► DIABOLIFY to portray as diabolical; to represent as a devil; to denounce as evil or wicked → 1657
► HALSEN to predict, to divine, to conjecture; to forebode evil, to anticipate bad news; to speak evil → 1814 Eng. dial.
► HOLD A CANDLE TO THE DEVIL to serve or assist an evil person; to be active in evil courses → 1599 obs.
► IMPEND of evil or danger: to hang threateningly or hover over as about to fall → 1599
► LEAP OUT OF THE PAN INTO THE FIRE to escape from one evil only to fall into a greater one → 1596
► MALEFICIATE to bewitch; to affect with enchantments; to render impotent by spells; to do evil to; to hurt; to harm → 1621 obs.