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wicked
/ˈwɪk.ɪd/
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What does wicked mean?
adjective
- Evil or mischievous by nature; morally reprehensible.
- Harsh; severe.
- (slang) Excellent; awesome; masterful; exceptional.
More meanings (7)
noun
- Wicked (evil) people collectively.
verb
- simple past and past participle of wick
adjective
- Having a wick.
- Infested with maggots.
- Alternative form of wick, as applying to inanimate objects only.
- (obsolete) Active; brisk.
adverb
- (archaic, slang) To a superlative extent, very, extremely
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈwɪk.ɪd/
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And the more wicked part of the people did wax strong, and became exceedingly more numerous than were the people of God.
His back-drawn, snarling lips exposed his great fighting fangs, and his little, wicked, blood-shot eyes gleamed in horrid reflection of his madness.
More book examples (3)
Crowds of the wicked and the wretched had been reflected in it, and had passed from its surface and this earth’s together.
"Was he," she said, with a glance toward the closed door of the library--"was HE the wicked friend? Oh, do tell me!"
“But I am sometimes wicked. When I am wicked I am in high spirits. I was wicked just now to my sister.”