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adjective

Wicked adj. Having a wick; used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wicked lamp.

Wicked adj.

Evil in principle or practice; deviating from morality; contrary to the moral or divine law; addicted to vice or sin; sinful; immoral; profligate; said of persons and things; as, a wicked king; a wicked woman; a wicked deed; wicked designs. "Hence, then, and evil go with thee along, Thy offspring, to the place of evil, hell, Thou and thy wicked crew!" "Never, never, wicked man was wise."

Cursed; baneful; hurtful; bad; pernicious; dangerous. (Obs.) "Wicked dew." "This were a wicked way, but whoso had a guide."

Ludicrously or sportively mischievous; disposed to mischief; roguish. (Colloq.) "Pen looked uncommonly wicked."

Synonyms: Iniquitous; sinful; criminal; guilty; immoral; unjust; unrighteous; unholy; irreligious; ungodly; profane; vicious; pernicious; atrocious; nefarious; heinous; flagrant; flagitious; abandoned. See Iniquitous.

verb

wick v. i. (Curling) To strike a stone in an oblique direction.

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Etymology of 'Wicked'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Wicked" Quotes from Famous Books

... without making us sadder, should we be much the wiser for their going? Now you know, little couple, that there are extortions in this wicked world beside Mrs. Brown's; and some other things. But if you go into the empty house that was lately your home, you will not, I believe, be haunted by these sordid disappointments, for the place should evoke ...

— Suburban Sketches • W.D. Howells

... a very just one," he said, sadly. "And I have only the poor excuse to offer that in this wicked world of ours we grow very callous, and forget those old codes of honor which men were once so strict about, no matter what the irregularities of their lives might be. I am afraid it is quite true ...

— What Dreams May Come • Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

... mother, from behind the tea-pot. "What awful extravagance there is in this wicked world! But what'll you do ...

— Crowded Out o' Crofield - or, The Boy who made his Way • William O. Stoddard

... hunger, which lay all the Island through in heapes dead and like to beasts vnburied, very pitifull to behold: many of them were also sold by the Russes, and the rest were banished from the Island. At that time it had bene an easie thing to haue conuerted that wicked Nation to the Christian faith, if the Russes themselues had bene good Christians: but how should they shew compassion vnto other Nations, when they are not mercifull vnto their owne? At my being there I could haue bought many goodly Tartars children, if I would ...

— The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, • Richard Hakluyt

... he splashed. You see, he had learnt how to splash, and he had certainly got an inkling that to splash was wicked and messy. So he splashed—in his mother's face, in Emmie's face, in the fire. He pretty well splashed the fire out. Ten minutes before, the bedroom had been tidy, a thing of beauty. It was now naught but a wild welter of towels, socks, binders—peninsulas ...

— The Grim Smile of the Five Towns • Arnold Bennett

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