Evil - Definition

adj 1: morally bad or wrong; "evil purposes"; "an evil
influence"; "evil deeds" [ant: good]
2: having the nature of vice [syn: evil, vicious]
3: having or exerting a malignant influence; "malevolent stars";
"a malefic force" [syn: malefic, malevolent, malign,
evil]
n 1: morally objectionable behavior [syn: evil, immorality,
wickedness, iniquity]
2: that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune; "the
evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred
with their bones"- Shakespeare
3: the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice;
"attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world" [syn:
evil, evilness] [ant: good, goodness]