wicked
morally bad in principle or practice
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,829 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 9,904 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- morally bad in principle or practice
- having committed unrighteous acts also: sinful, unholy a sinful person
- intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality also: severe, terrible severe paina severe case of flu
- naughtily or annoyingly playful also: arch, impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish teasing and worrying with impish laughtera wicked prank
- highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust also: disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome a disgusting smelldistasteful language
wicked in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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My word, it is wicked of 'er!
Punch — Volume 101, November 7, 1891 · Various · Chapter 1
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She was very brave and healthy and cheerful, very abundant and innocent and wicked.
Greville Fane · Henry James · Chapter 1
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May he see horrors that do not exist--what the wicked dead dream in their frigid hell!
The Eternal Maiden · T. Everett (Thomas Everett) Harré · Chapter 1
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That's magic, and magic is wicked and unlawful; and you stole money, and that's a still greater crime.
The Magic of Oz · L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum · Chapter 1
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But the King had a wicked mother who was displeased with the marriage, and said wicked things of the young Queen.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1