wicked

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1. wicked - Adjective

2. wicked - Verb

3. wicked - Adverb

4. wicked - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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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Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles. Charlie Chaplin

If we truly think of Christ as our source of holiness, we shall refrain from anything wicked or impure in thought or act and thus show ourselves to be worthy bearers of his name. For the quality of holiness is shown not by what we say but by what we do in life. Gregory of Nyssa

Accordingly, death is a harbor of peace for the just, but is believed a shipwreck for the wicked. Ambrose

'tis well that wicked cows have short horns. Dutch Proverb

Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured. Hindi Proverb

The company of the wicked is like living in a fish market; one becomes used to the foul odor. Chinese Proverb

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