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evildoer

/ˈiːvəlˌduːə/US/ˈivəlˌduːɚ/

evildoer noun: a person who performs evil acts.

Noun

evildoer (plural evildoers)

  1. A person who performs evil acts.
    • Fret not thy ſelfe becauſe of euill doers, neither bee thou enuious againſt the workers of iniquitie.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 37:1
    • "But gallantly they fought. Oh Hiya! they fought like very men, and slew many, and held their own, and then I came and saved them, and the evildoers have I sent on hither to Kôr to be judged of thy greatness, oh She! and here they are."1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

evildoer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu

evildoer in Hindi

person who performs evil acts
कुकर्मी kukarmī, पापी pāpī

evildoer in Tamil

கொள்ளி முடிவான்

evildoer in Bengali

evildoer, mischiefmaker
অকৃত্যকারী ôkrittôkari, অক্রিয়কর্মা okriẏokorma

evildoer in Telugu

person who performs evil acts
దోషకారి dōṣakāri

Antonyms of evildoer

Forms of evildoer

pluralevildoers
alternative formevil-doer

Origin of evildoer

From Middle English yvel doer; equivalent to evil + doer.

Questions about evildoer

What does evildoer mean?
Evildoer means a person who performs evil acts.
What is evildoer in Hindi?
Evildoer in Hindi is कुकर्मी (kukarmī), पापी (pāpī). See Evildoer meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is evildoer?
Evildoer is a noun.
How do you pronounce evildoer?
Evildoer is pronounced /ˈiːvəlˌduːə/ (UK).
What is the plural of evildoer?
The plural of evildoer is evildoers.

Words near evildoer in the dictionary

  1. evil-eye
  2. evil-minded
  3. evil-mindedness
  4. evil-speaking
  5. evil-tempered
  6. evildoer
  7. evildoers
  8. evildoing
  9. evildoings
  10. eviler
  11. evilest

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: evildoer (page history and authors); evildoer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অকৃত্যকারী (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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