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as in mischief
playful, reckless behavior that is not intended to cause serious harm
a couple of live wires who got into all kinds of wickedness during their vacation in Las Vegas
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as in sinfulness
the state or quality of being utterly evil
the movie featured a villain of unadulterated wickedness
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Marshall Heyman, Vulture, 23 May 2024
Then as an act of jealous hazing, Glinda gifts Elphaba the pointed hat and perhaps that is the birth of wickedness.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2024
His perception of man’s wickedness would prove tragically prescient.
—Amy Crawford, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
There is something in suburban rabbits that has evolved toward wickedness,
their tails like an implement developed
for hospitals, to mop up blood.
—Diane Seuss, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2024
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Marshall Heyman, Vulture, 23 May 2024
Then as an act of jealous hazing, Glinda gifts Elphaba the pointed hat and perhaps that is the birth of wickedness.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2024
His perception of man’s wickedness would prove tragically prescient.
—Amy Crawford, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
There is something in suburban rabbits that has evolved toward wickedness,
their tails like an implement developed
for hospitals, to mop up blood.
—Diane Seuss, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2024
See all Example Sentences for wickedness
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“Wickedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wickedness. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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