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pahantahtoinen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • evil adjective Deeply immoral and cruel; deliberately intending to cause harm.
  • hurtful adj Causing emotional pain, especially by being unkind or insulting.
  • malevolent adj Wishing harm on others; having ill will.
  • malicious adj Intended to cause harm; showing ill will toward others.
  • malign verb To say untrue or unfair things about someone in order to damage their reputation.
  • malignant adjective Harmful or hostile in intent; wishing ill on others.

Senses

pahantahtoinen is used for these senses in English:

  • evil Intending to harm; malevolent.
  • hurtful Tending to hurt someone's feelings; insulting; lacerating.
  • malevolent Having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others.
  • malicious Intending to do harm; characterized by spite and malice.
  • malignant Harmful, malevolent, injurious.

evil — full definition

  1. adjective Deeply immoral and cruel; deliberately intending to cause harm.
  2. adjective Unpleasant or unlucky, in a milder, informal sense.
  3. noun Moral wickedness, or the force believed to cause suffering and wrongdoing in the world.

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