Synonyms and antonyms of Evil in British Thesaurus

evil (adjective)

an evil person does very bad or cruel things

atrocious (adjective)

very evil or cruel

bad (adjective)

behaving in a cruel, evil, or criminal way

sinister (adjective)

threatening to do harm or to do something evil

devilish (adjective)

evil, or intended for an evil purpose

depraved (adjective)

immoral or evil

satanic (adjective)

very evil and cruel

diabolical (adjective)

evil or cruel

fiendish (adjective)

very evil

villainous (adjective)

mainly literary evil

baleful (adjective)

mainly literary showing evil, hate, or the intention to harm someone

baneful (adjective)

literary bad or evil

black (adjective)

literary evil or cruel

dastardly (adjective)

old-fashioned very cruel or evil

evil (adjective)

used about someone’s behaviour

evil (adjective)

connected with the Devil and forces that make bad things happen

evil (adjective)

morally bad and causing great harm, especially to society in general

heinous (adjective)

very formal a heinous act or crime is extremely evil

nefarious (adjective)

formal evil, or dishonest