κακία — meaning in English

English meaning

• evil adjective Deeply immoral and cruel; deliberately intending to cause harm.
• malice noun The intention to harm someone or do something wrong or illegal.

Senses

κακία is used for these senses in English:

• evil Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.
• malice Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.

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.

Related Greek words