noun
wickedness
WIH-kihd-nuhs
noun
1
The quality of being evil or morally wrong.
"The play explores the wickedness at the heart of the court."
"There was real wickedness in how he treated his staff."
2
A specific evil or immoral act.
"Cheating his own family was just one of his many wickednesses."
"The film catalogues the wickednesses of the regime."
How to Use Wickedness
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEvil behaviour or an evil quality — the state or an instance of being wicked.
Word Forms
wickednesses plural
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Etymology
From Middle English wikkednesse, from wicked + -ness.