1
: morally very bad : evil
2
3
a
: disgustingly unpleasant : vile
a wicked odor
b
: causing or likely to cause harm, distress, or trouble
a wicked storm
4
: going beyond reasonable or predictable limits : of exceptional quality or degree
throws a wicked fastball
wickedly
adverb
Synonyms
Adjective
- bad
- dark
- evil
- immoral
- iniquitous
- nefarious
- rotten
- sinful
- unethical
- unlawful
- unrighteous
- unsavory
- vicious
- vile
- villainous
- wrong
Adverb
- achingly
- almighty
- archly
- awful
- awfully
- badly
- beastly
- blisteringly
- bone
- colossally
- corking
- cracking
- damn
- damned
- dang
- deadly
- desperately
- eminently
- enormously
- especially
- ever
- exceedingly
- exceeding
- extra
- extremely
- fabulously
- fantastically
- far
- fiercely
- filthy
- frightfully
- full
- greatly
- heavily
- highly
- hugely
- immensely
- incredibly
- intensely
- jolly
- majorly
- mightily
- mighty
- monstrous [chiefly dialect]
- mortally
- most
- much
- particularly
- passing
- rattling
- real
- really
- right
- roaring
- roaringly
- seriously
- severely
- so
- sore
- sorely
- spanking
- specially
- stinking
- such
- super
- supremely
- surpassingly
- terribly
- that
- thumping
- too
- unco
- uncommonly
- vastly
- very
- vitally
- way
- whacking
- wildly
Examples of wicked in a Sentence
Adjective
a wicked act of cruelty
She played the part of the wicked stepmother in the play.
She wore a wicked grin after her victory.
She's known for having a wicked sense of humor.
She had a wicked case of food poisoning.
A wicked odor was coming from the closet.
He throws a wicked fastball.
Adverb
His car goes wicked fast.
All his friends thought he was wicked cool.
The tickets were wicked expensive.
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Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
There is so much of the city that has given over to the wicked history of Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692.
—Shannon Carlin, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2024
The Joker has become a classic Halloween costume, practically joining the ranks of vampires and wicked witches.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 31 Oct. 2024
This was also the case last evening at the 2024 Academy Museum Gala, where Grande and Erivo stepped out in their most glamorously wicked looks yet.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
Fitting with the film’s wicked tone, what ends up bringing Santa back to himself in Violent Night is, well, violence.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
There is so much of the city that has given over to the wicked history of Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692.
—Shannon Carlin, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2024
The Joker has become a classic Halloween costume, practically joining the ranks of vampires and wicked witches.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 31 Oct. 2024
This was also the case last evening at the 2024 Academy Museum Gala, where Grande and Erivo stepped out in their most glamorously wicked looks yet.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for wicked
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“Wicked.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wicked. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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