Definition of Wicked

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Wicked

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

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.

Cursed; baneful; hurtful; bad; pernicious; dangerous.

Ludicrously or sportively mischievous; disposed to mischief; roguish.

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Wicked Quotations

Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.
Buddha

To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.
Confucius

The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it.
George Washington

The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
Lao Tzu

All things truly wicked start from innocence.
Ernest Hemingway

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.
Oscar Wilde

I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
Jonathan Swift

To the wicked, everything serves as pretext.
Voltaire

Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.
Saint Augustine

A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.
Niccolo Machiavelli

Wicked Translations

wicked in French is chicaneur, torve
wicked in Hungarian is csintalan, komisz
wicked in Italian is malizioso, cattivo
wicked in Latin is pravus, improbus, malus peior pessimus, scelestus
wicked in Swedish is syndig, elak, ogudaktig, ond, stygg

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