evil
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Is evil a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of evil?
Definition
adj (English)
1. (obsolete) Having harmful qualities; not good; worthless or deleterious.Examples: "an evil beast; an evil plant; an evil crop"; "A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit."obsolete
2. (computing, programming, slang) Undesirable; harmful; bad practice.Examples: "Global variables are evil; storing processing context in object member variables allows those objects to be reused in a much more flexible way."slang
noun (English)
1. (obsolete) A malady or disease; especially in combination, as in king's evil, colt evil.Examples: "[The disease]Tis call'd the Euill."; "He [Edward the Confessor] was the first that touched for the evil."countableobsoleteuncountable
adv (English)
1. (obsolete) wickedly, evilly, iniquitouslyExamples: "O what of Gods then boots it to be borne, / If old Aveugles ſonnes ſo euill heare?"obsolete
2. (obsolete) injuriously, harmfully; in a damaging way.Examples: "And many ſhall follow their pernicious wayes, by reaſon of whom the way of trueth ſhall be euill ſpoken of:"obsolete
3. (obsolete) badly, poorly; in an insufficient way.Examples: "It went evil with him."; "But (as the Poet ſaith) Malè ſarta gratia, nequicquam coit, & reſcinditur: Friendſhip, that is but euill peeced, will not ioine cloſe, but falleth aſunder againe:"obsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary