Definition: 1. Morally objectionable behavior. 2. That which causes harm or destruction or misfortune. 3. The quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice. 4. Morally bad or wrong. 5. Having the nature of vice. 6. Tending to cause great harm.
Use 'evil' in a sentence:
1. We are still being attacked by the forces of evil.
2. The good overbalances the evil.
3. Good and evil may co-exist within one family.
4. A judge yesterday condemned heroin as evil.
5. According to local folklore it is an evil place.
6. People voted for him as the lesser of two evils.
7. Constant vigilance is needed to combat this evil.
8. An evil person is a blight in the orchard.
9. She went into a long ramble about the evils of television.
10. Good shall triumph over evil in the end.
11. Evil has charisma. Though people are repulsed by it, they also are drawn to its power.
12. Hamlet now knew about claudius's evil plan.
13. You cannot pretend there's no evil in the world.
14. As is usual in this kind of movie, good triumphs over evil in the end.
15. It was believed that people could be possessed by evil spirits.
16. He said that we were evil, malignant, and mean.
17. Is it really the Holy Spirit moving me, or is it some evil force?
18. He cloaked his evil purpose under sweet words.
19. Evil is the inverse of good.
20. I think this is an evil spirit at work.
21. The perpetrators of this evil deed must be brought to justice.
22. Innocence and decent living are no protection from the evil elements within our society.
23. She is evil incarnate.
24. They claimed that he had inflicted bad fortune on them through evil magic.
25. He could not, after all, stop all the evil in the world.
26. He looked at her with an evil leer.
27. They wore the charm as a protection against evil spirits.
28. With knowledge and wisdom, evil could be vanquished on this earth.
29. He said that we were evil, malignant and mean.
30. When we go out, girls are always giving me the evil eye.
31. Well, of course I recognize that evil exists.
32. They are setting an evil example for their children.
33. It is by and large a necessary evil.
34. One suspects that hydro power is still the lesser evil.
35. The regime was the very incarnation of evil.
36. His reasoning is based on the premise that all people are equally capable of good and evil.
37. All religions are united by the common threads of fighting evil and helping others.
38. He declaimed against the evils of alcohol.
39. These are evil-minded people.
40. Higher taxes may be a necessary evil.
41. Money, or love of money, is said to be the root of all evil.
42. The use of light and dark symbolizes good and evil.
43. Sometimes I wonder if people are intrinsically evil.
44. She grinned an evil grin.
45. He viewed his mission in life as protecting the weak from the evil.
46. Would the evil scientist have to be outside?
47. There's always a conflict between good and evil in his plays.
