evil

Related to evil: wickedness, Avil

evil

dated slang Exceptionally good; excellent. Dang, that woman has a positively evil booty!
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

evil

mod. excellent. (see also wicked.) This wine is really evil!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • a necessary evil
  • avoid evil and it will avoid thee
  • choice between (of) two evils, a
  • choose the lesser of two evils
  • evil
  • evil be to him who evil thinks
  • evil eye
  • evil eye, the
  • evil triumphs when good men do nothing
  • evil twin
  • evilware
  • give (one) the evil eye
  • give somebody the evil eye
  • give someone the evil eye
  • idleness is the root of all evil
  • lesser evil
  • lesser of two evils
  • money is the root of all evil
  • necessary evil
  • put off the evil day
  • put off the evil hour
  • see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil
  • Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof
  • Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
  • the evil eye
  • the evil hour/day/moment
  • the evil moment/hour/day
  • the evil one
  • the lesser evil
  • the lesser of two evils
  • the love of money is the root of all evil
References in classic literature
Then if a man says that justice consists in the repayment of debts, and that good is the debt which a man owes to his friends, and evil the debt which he owes to his enemies,--to say this is not wise; for it is not true, if, as has been clearly shown, the injuring of another can be in no case just.
He says that 'if he has corrupted the youth, he must have corrupted them involuntarily.' But if, as Socrates argues, all evil is involuntary, then all criminals ought to be admonished and not punished.
On the other hand, his hope of immortality is uncertain;--he also conceives of death as a long sleep (in this respect differing from the Phaedo), and at last falls back on resignation to the divine will, and the certainty that no evil can happen to the good man either in life or death.
SOCRATES: Is it not obvious that those who are ignorant of their nature do not desire them; but they desire what they suppose to be goods although they are really evils; and if they are mistaken and suppose the evils to be goods they really desire goods?
SOCRATES: Well, and do those who, as you say, desire evils, and think that evils are hurtful to the possessor of them, know that they will be hurt by them?
'But', Holy One, thou art innocent of all evil. May I be thy sacrifice!'
They strengthened me to do evil, to forget my Search.
In my own Hills, on the edge of my own country, in the very place of my evil desire, comes the buffet - here!' (He touched his brow.) 'As a novice is beaten when he misplaces the cups, so am I beaten, who was Abbot of Such-zen.
Thank you for your patronage regarding the Resident Evil series.
Over the past two years, Capcom has released the remake of the original "Resident Evil," "Resident Evil 0," "Resident Evil 2," "Resident Evil 4," and "Resident Evil Revelations" for the Nintendo Switch.
It is in Sahih Muslim narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, 'The great and glorious Lord said (to angels) whenever my bondsman intends to commit an evil, do not record it, then write it as one evil and when he intends to do good but does not do so, then take it down as one act of goodness; but if he does it, then write down ten good deeds (in his record)' The following verse in Surah Al Imran corroborates the above saying of the Holy Prophet (PBUH), 'He that doeth good shall have ten times as much to his credit.
IF evils are followed due to greed or awe of some people's riches, worldly belongings and evil ways, it will encourage and build a corrupt society.
Roque, who has been a priest for 29 years, has been exorcising evil spirits for seven years now, even if his appointment as exorcist was only done last year.
According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, there is a broad definition of evil and a narrow definition of evil.