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WordBand 6–7Core (NGSL)
evil
/ˈivəl/
noun1 of 2
morally bad; causing harm to someone
- “I read somewhere that some people are attracted to evil.”Tatoeba
- “I know that money is the root of all evil.”Tatoeba
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adjective2 of 2
Intending to harm; malevolent.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)