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nefast

nefast adjective: wicked.

Adjective

nefast (comparative more nefast, superlative most nefast)

  1. (obsolete) wicked

Forms of nefast

comparativemore nefast
superlativemost nefast

Origin of nefast

From Latin nefastus (“irreligious, inauspicious”).

Questions about nefast

What does nefast mean?
Nefast means wicked.
What part of speech is nefast?
Nefast is an adjective.

Words near nefast in the dictionary

  1. nefariously
  2. nefariousness
  3. NEFAs
  4. nefasch
  5. Nefasit
  6. nefast
  7. nefasti
  8. nefastous
  9. nefazadone
  10. nefazodone
  11. nefazodones

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