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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Wicked \Wicked\ (w[i^]kt), adjective Having a wick; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wicked lamp.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Wicked \Wick"ed\ (w[i^]k"[e^]d), adjective [OE. wicked, fr. wicke wicked; probably originally the same word as wicche wizard, witch. See {Witch}.]
1. Evil in principle or practice; deviating from morality; contrary to the moral or divine law; addicted to vice or sin; sinful; immoral; profligate; -- said of persons and things; as, a wicked king; a wicked woman; a wicked deed; wicked designs.
Hence, then, and evil go with thee along, Thy offspring, to the place of evil, hell, Thou and thy wicked crew! --Milton.
Never, never, wicked man was wise. --Pope.
2. Cursed; baneful; hurtful; bad; pernicious; dangerous. [Obs.] "Wicked dew." --Shak.
This were a wicked way, but whoso had a guide. --P. Plowman.
3. Ludicrously or sportively mischievous; disposed to mischief; roguish. [Colloq.]
Pen looked uncommonly wicked. --Thackeray.
Syn: Iniquitous; sinful; criminal; guilty; immoral; unjust; unrighteous; unholy; irreligious; ungodly; profane; vicious; pernicious; atrocious; nefarious; heinous; flagrant; flagitious; abandoned. See {Iniquitous}.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjective
1: morally bad in principle or practice [ant: {virtuous}]
2: having committed unrighteous acts; "a sinful person" [syn: {sinful}, {unholy}, {wicked}]
3: intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality; "severe pain"; "a severe case of flu"; "a terrible cough"; "under wicked fire from the enemy's guns"; "a wicked cough" [syn: {severe}, {terrible}, {wicked}]
4: naughtily or annoyingly playful; "teasing and worrying with impish laughter"; "a wicked prank" [syn: {arch}, {impish}, {implike}, {mischievous}, {pixilated}, {prankish}, {puckish}, {wicked}]
5: highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench" [syn: {disgusting}, {disgustful}, {distasteful}, {foul}, {loathly}, {loathsome}, {repellent}, {repellant}, {repelling}, {revolting}, {skanky}, {wicked}, {yucky}]
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