wickedness
/ˈwɪkɪdnəs/
wickedness noun: the state of being wicked; evil disposition; immorality.
Noun
wickedness (countable and uncountable, plural wickednesses)
- The state of being wicked; evil disposition; immorality.
- So, if a Sonne that is by his Father ſent about Merchandize, doe ſinfully miſcarry vpon the Sea; the imputation of his vvickedneſſe, by your rule, ſhould be impoſed vpon his Father that ſent him: […]1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- We speak of wickedness as something in the soul different from virtue.2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 227d
- Synonyms:
- dishonour, indecency, unrighteousness, immorality, improbity, impropriety, undecency, ungodliness, unhonour, unprobity
- A wicked or sinful thing or act; morally bad or objectionable behaviour.
wickedness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
wickedness in Hindi
- wickedness; villainy
- शरारत śarārat
wickedness in Tamil
- state of being wicked
- வில்லத்தனம் villattaṉam, பொல்லாத்தனம் pollāttaṉam
wickedness in Urdu
- wickedness
- شیطنت śaitanat
- wickedness; villainy
- شرارت śarārat
wickedness in Bengali
- wickedness
- দুষ্টামি duśṭami
More languagesFewer languages
- wickedness in Telugu
- అక్రమము akramamu
- wickedness in Malayalam
- ദുഷ്ടത, ദുഷ്കൃതം, അക്രമം
- wickedness in Punjabi
- ਸ਼ਰਾਰਤ śarārat, شرارت śarārat
- wickedness in Odia
- ଦୁଷ୍ଟାମି duṣṭāmi
- wickedness in Sanskrit
- अधर्म adharma, निकृति nikṛti
Synonyms of wickedness
- dishonour
- indecency
- unrighteousness
- immorality
- improbity
- impropriety
- ungodliness
- unhonour
- unprobity
- unpropriety
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- unrightfulness
- unsaintliness
- unseemliness
- unuprightness
- unvirtuousness
- baseness
- corruption
- defilement
- degeneracy
- degradation
- depravation
- depravedness
- depravity
- impurity
- iniquity
- lewdity
- malignity
- misdoing
- misguilt
- obliquity
- peccability
- perversion
- pollution
- sin
- sinfulness
- turpitude
- vitiation
- wrongdoing
- outrage
- atrocity
Forms of wickedness
| plural | wickednesses |
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Origin of wickedness
Inherited from Middle English wikkednesse, wikkednes, equivalent to wicked + -ness.
Questions about wickedness
- What does wickedness mean?
- Wickedness means the state of being wicked; evil disposition; immorality.
- What is wickedness in Hindi?
- Wickedness in Hindi is शरारत (śarārat). See Wickedness meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is wickedness?
- Wickedness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce wickedness?
- Wickedness is pronounced /ˈwɪkɪdnəs/.
- What is the plural of wickedness?
- The plural of wickedness is wickednesses.
Words near wickedness in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: wickedness (page history and authors); शरारत (Hindi) (page history and authors); شرارت (Urdu) (page history and authors); দুষ্টামি (Bengali) (page history and authors); అక్రమము (Telugu) (page history and authors); wickedness (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); شرارت (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ଦୁଷ୍ଟାମି (Odia) (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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