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Meanings of evil in English

Russian
зло
Portuguese
maldade
Catalan
malesa
Spanish
maldad
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The quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice.

      зло
      Portuguese
      imoralidade
      Catalan
      iniquitat

      Morally objectionable behavior.

            imoralidade
            Portuguese
            mau
            Catalan
            mal
            Spanish
            malo

            Morally bad or wrong.

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                mau

                Having or exerting a malignant influence.

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                      Usage of evil in English
                      1
                      The one evil in all is the intolerable length of the debates.
                      Practical Essays
                      2
                      The watch caught the eye of the cottager; that evil eye sparkled.
                      Ernest Maltravers — Volume 01
                      3
                      It was the meeting-place for all the evil women in the neighbourhood.
                      Roger Trewinion
                      4
                      Religion, unfortunately, provides a useful cover and powerful motivator for the evil-hearted.
                      The Guardian
                      5
                      And in the same direction lies the remedy for the tenement evil.
                      Revolution, and Other Essays
                      6
                      But the evil lies deep in the nature of the institution itself.
                      Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4
                      7
                      The corruption of Western godliness is the worst evil in the East.
                      New Forces in Old China: An Inevitable Awakening
                      8
                      The ride just fitted in with the rest of the evil dream.
                      Plain Tales from the Hills
                      9
                      For evil things walk in it that cannot live in the light.
                      The ninth vibration and other stories
                      10
                      The contrast suggested evil counsel; in such a way crimes are conceived.
                      The Magic Skin
                      11
                      The happiness of the just and the evil state of the wicked.
                      The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 2
                      12
                      Some evil-minded persons invaded our home; we fled in the night, and-
                      The Last of the Barons — Volume 09
                      13
                      All the evil in him seemed to be concentrated in that glare.
                      Red Masquerade: Being the Story of the Lone Wolf's Daughter
                      14
                      The stimulus of the age spurred men far in good and evil.
                      Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
                      15
                      The roots of evil lie deep below in the subsoil of instinct.
                      The Principles of Aesthetics
                      16
                      The sources of evil in the latter are confined to her own
                      The Federalist Papers
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                      Translations for evil
                      Russian
                      зло
                      Evil through the time
                      Evil across language varieties
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