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Evil \E"vil\ ([=e]"v'l) n.
1. Anything which impairs the happiness of a being or
deprives a being of any good; anything which causes
suffering of any kind to sentient beings; injury;
mischief; harm; -- opposed to {good}.
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Evils which our own misdeeds have wrought. --Milton.
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The evil that men do lives after them. --Shak.
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2. Moral badness, or the deviation of a moral being from the
principles of virtue imposed by conscience, or by the will
of the Supreme Being, or by the principles of a lawful
human authority; disposition to do wrong; moral offence;
wickedness; depravity.
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The heart of the sons of men is full of evil.
--Eccl. ix. 3.
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3. malady or disease; especially in the phrase {king's evil},
the scrofula. [R.] --Shak.
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He [Edward the Confessor] was the first that touched
for the evil. --Addison.
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Evil \E*vil\ ([=e]"v'l) a. [OE. evel, evil, ifel, uvel, AS.
yfel; akin to OFries, evel, D. euvel, OS. & OHG. ubil, G.
["u]bel, Goth. ubils, and perh. to E. over.]
1. Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a
nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous;
not good; worthless or deleterious; poor; as, an evil
beast; and evil plant; an evil crop.
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A good tree can not bring forth evil fruit. --Matt.
vii. 18.
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2. Having or exhibiting bad moral qualities; morally corrupt;
wicked; wrong; vicious; as, evil conduct, thoughts, heart,
words, and the like.
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Ah, what a sign it is of evil life,
When death's approach is seen so terrible. --Shak.
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3. Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or
calamity; unpropitious; calamitous; as, evil tidings; evil
arrows; evil days.
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Because he hath brought up an evil name upon a
virgin of Israel. --Deut. xxii.
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The owl shrieked at thy birth -- an evil sign.
--Shak.
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Evil news rides post, while good news baits.
--Milton.
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{Evil eye}, an eye which inflicts injury by some magical or
fascinating influence. It is still believed by the
ignorant and superstitious that some persons have the
supernatural power of injuring by a look.
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It almost led him to believe in the evil eye. --J.
H. Newman.

{Evil speaking}, speaking ill of others; calumny;
censoriousness.

{The evil one}, the Devil; Satan.
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Note: Evil is sometimes written as the first part of a
compound (with or without a hyphen). In many cases the
compounding need not be insisted on. Examples: Evil
doer or evildoer, evil speaking or evil-speaking, evil
worker, evil wishing, evil-hearted, evil-minded.

Syn: Mischieveous; pernicious; injurious; hurtful;
destructive; wicked; sinful; bad; corrupt; perverse;
wrong; vicious; calamitous.
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Evil \E"vil\, adv.
In an evil manner; not well; ill; badly; unhappily;
injuriously; unkindly. --Shak.
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It went evil with his house. --1 Chron.
vii. 23.
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The Egyptians evil entreated us, and affected us.
--Deut. xxvi.
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