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How to use wicked in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective, adverb, noun

Wicked means evil or mischievous by nature; morally reprehensible. Example: “Genuine cowards follow wicked people and cannot reliably sustain any virtue.”

Examples of wicked by meaning

adjectiveEvil or mischievous by nature; morally reprehensible.

  • Genuine cowards follow wicked people and cannot reliably sustain any virtue.
  • I think it is perfectly wicked, and I told her so.”1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 101

adjectiveExcellent; awesome; masterful; exceptional.

  • That was a wicked guitar solo, bro!
  • "It’s a wicked view," he said of the darkened moon with deep space behind it.2026 April 6, Mary Kekatos, Julia Jacobo, Leah Sarnoff, Ivan Pereira, quoting Victor Glover, “'Absolutely spectacular, surreal': Astronauts...

adverbTo a superlative extent, very, extremely.

  • I didn't really wanna go see On Golden Pond with the fam, but my mom made me go, and I must say that in retrospect it was a wicked expressive film, with a lot of significant meaning.
  • The band we went to see the other night was pissah, and they were wicked loud!

adjectiveHaving a wick.

  • a two-wicked lamp

More sentences with wicked

  • I had to stay with my wicked stepmother, for I had nowhere else to go.From the entry for
  • Genuine cowards follow the wicked and cannot reliably sustain any virtue.From the entry reliably
  • The wicked prince was shut up in the castle dungeon.From the entry shut up
  • The moisture slowly wicked through the wood.From the entry wick
  • The closer had a wicked slider that was almost unhittable.From the entry slider
  • The high-pitched sound of these wicked sirens wailing pierced his ears and made them pop.2022, Jennifer Peaks, Soul Enemy, →ISBN. From the entry crackalackin'
  • “My toadly stepmother.” “You brought your wicked stepmother to your wedding?” asked Cara in astonishment.2010, Bruce Coville, The Last Hunt. From the entry toadly
  • The teal faced being had a wicked looking spider’s mouth and wide elephantesque ears.2009, K. L. James, Cassiopeia 91787, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 9. From the entry elephantesque
  • You've produced this redolent oxyphonia in me, this mysterious paroxysm of wicked albuminuria.2006, Will Alexander, Sunrise in Armageddon, →ISBN, page 90. From the entry oxyphonia
  • But now, freed from spells of the wicked bloodmages, magic–both good and evil–returns.2003, advertisement for The Hob's Bargain, in Patricia Briggs, Dragon Blood, page 286 (approx.). From the entry bloodmage
  • How was I to know he would flash out so wicked?2002, Elizabeth Bowen, The Heat of the Day. From the entry rather
  • Killings that are not wicked could exist, as could ridiculings that are wicked.2002, Daniel M. Haybron, Earth's Abominations: Philosophical Studies of Evil, page 33. From the entry ridiculing
  • In that wicked little black silk camisole that shows a tantalizing hint of cleavage?1996, Andrea Young, Wicked in Silk, London: Scarlet, →ISBN, page 214. From the entry milkmaidy
  • Wicked as the devil one minute, and then pokering up like a Methodist minister the next.1992, Joan Overfield, The Viscount's Vixen, page 10. From the entry poker up
  • The conman a try to trick the youthman The informer what a wicked performer.1987, Levi Tafari, “Liverpool Experience”, in The Race Today Review. From the entry youthman
  • It's wicked the stuff people waste, you know, and other people without.1985, Patricia Wrightson, Night Outside, page 41. From the entry unwaste
  • At one time every calf I brought on the farm caught a wicked brand of scours.1980, The New Farm. From the entry scoury
  • Susan, you don't know how wicked and scoundrelous those men can be.1977, Bim, volume 2, page 61. From the entry scoundrelous
  • May God have mercy on this dark hearted and wicked man, and save him from ruin.1975, R. S. Miller, Misi Gete: John Geddie pioneer missionary to the New Hebrides. From the entry dark hearted
  • I've heard wicked rumors that FAA and wives try to downtrod small aircraft pilots.1967, The AOPA pilot: Volume 10, Part 1 (Aeronautics), Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, page 64. From the entry downtrod
  • It was called the wickedest street in London and the entrance was just here.1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC. From the entry standard
  • The following morning Jules's uncle accompanied him, ready to unhoof the wicked mule punch.1956, Lew X. Lansworth, Over the River Charlie: a novel, page 116. From the entry unhoof
  • And exclaimed indignantly, "Jasper, you wicked dog, you nearly upset me."1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 145. From the entry tea tray
  • No adjective is strong enough for characterizing this wicked dog-in-the-manger policy.1930, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, “Notes on the Way to Dandi”, in Non-Violent Resistance, page 246. From the entry dog in the manger
  • I am yearnful to know who was the unhappy person the wicked general threatened.1919, Albert Payson Terhune, “The Strike”, in O Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919. From the entry yearnful
  • "I can understand your being wicked," she said keenly, "but not your being cowardly.1900, Gilbert Parker, An Unpardonable Liar. From the entry unpardonable
  • You really are the most scoundrelous, wicked creature.2015, Colin Spencer, Lovers in War, Faber & Faber, →ISBN. From the entry scoundrelous
  • Further, the grazing blow caused the ball to pick up a furiously wicked spin, making it a madly twirling object.2009, Allan D. Moore, Doms Need Love Too!: Adventures of the Day Old Muffins, page 116. From the entry sidewall
  • There was indeed no rest for the wicked.2005, Mark Alan Norris, Everything and Then Some, →ISBN, page 140. From the entry boy howdy
  • "I like strong, conniving women with wicked tongues," Roos explains.1999 January 14, Geoffrey Macnab, “Arts: Strong, conniving women: the final frontier”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 12 May 2014. From the entry wicked tongue
  • It contains both the complaint of God against the wicked and the shriek of the smitten man, demanding justice of God.1997, Abraham Joshua Heschel, edited by Fritz A. Rothschild, Between God and Man: An Interpretation of Judaism: From the Writings of…. From the entry smitten
  • They are only causing great harm to the country and human society, by this sort of wicked and profligatory ideas.1997, Sri Nigamananda, translated by Bijoy Kumar Giri, The divine universal gospels of Sri Nigamananda, volume 1. From the entry profligatory
  • He likes the ladies," said Salvatore with a wicked grin.1988 [1977], Luciano De Crescenzo, translated by Avril Bardoni, Thus Spake Bellavista: Naples, Love, and Liberty, New York, N.Y.: Grove…. From the entry operator

Meaning of wicked

  1. adjective Evil or mischievous by nature; morally reprehensible.
  2. adjective Harsh; severe.
  3. adjective Excellent; awesome; masterful; exceptional.

Full definition of wicked

Questions about wicked in a sentence

How do you use wicked in a sentence?
Wicked is used as an adjective, adverb and noun. For example: “Genuine cowards follow wicked people and cannot reliably sustain any virtue.”
What is a short sentence with wicked?
“a two-wicked lamp”
What does wicked mean?
Wicked means evil or mischievous by nature; morally reprehensible.

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