wicked

  • 21wicked — wick|ed [ˈwıkıd] adj [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: wick wicked (12 20 centuries), perhaps from Old English wicca; WITCH] 1.) behaving in a way that is morally wrong = ↑evil ▪ the wicked stepmother in Hansel and Gretel 2.) informal behaving badly in a …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 22wicked — wick•ed [[t]ˈwɪk ɪd[/t]] adj. er, est, adv. 1) evil or morally bad; sinful 2) mischievous or playfully malicious 3) distressingly severe, as weather 4) unjustifiable; dreadful; beastly: wicked prices[/ex] 5) having a bad disposition; ill natured; …

    From formal English to slang

  • 23wicked — I Australian Slang 1. extremely good; cool: wicked coat ; 2. excellently: I hope you do wicked in your exams II Canadian Slang something or someone amazing, i.e. Cheryl is wicked at her job. III Jamaican Slang Glossary Slang for bad or evil. Dat… …

    English dialects glossary

  • 24wicked — adjective 1) wicked deeds Syn: evil, sinful, immoral, wrong, morally wrong, wrongful, bad, iniquitous, corrupt, base, mean, vile; villainous, nefarious, erring, foul, monstrous, shocking …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 25wicked — 1. adjective /ˈwɪkɪd/ a) Evil or mischievous by nature. That was a wicked guitar solo, bro! b) Excellent; awesome; masterful; deeply satisfying. Syn: evil, immoral …

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  • 26wicked — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. evil, bad; criminal, depraved, iniquitous; cruel, heartless, sinful, vicious, immoral; difficult, disagreeable; informal, mischievous. See wrong. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Morally evil] Syn. evil,… …

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  • 27wicked — [13] Wicked and witch are closely related. Wicked is an extension, using the suffix ed, of the now obsolete adjective wick ‘wicked’. And this in turn originated as an adjectival use of Old English wicca ‘wizard’, whose feminine form is the… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 28wicked — adj good, excellent. A US term of approba tion adopted by UK teenagers. Originally in black and street gang usage, the word is now employed by analogy with bad but in this sense is probably much older, dat ing from the turn of the 20th century.… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 29wicked — adjective 1 behaving in a way that is morally wrong; evil: the wicked stepmother in Hansel and Gretel 2 informal behaving badly in a way that is amusing; mischievous: Carl had a wicked grin on his face as he crept up behind Ellen. 3 spoken very… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 30wicked — /ˈwɪkəd / (say wikuhd) adjective 1. evil or morally bad in principle or practice; iniquitous; sinful. 2. mischievous or playfully malicious. 3. distressingly severe, as cold, pain, wounds, etc. 4. ill natured, savage, or vicious: a wicked horse.… …