1
: morally very bad : evil
2
3
a
: disgustingly unpleasant : vile
a wicked odor
b
: causing or likely to cause harm, distress, or trouble
a wicked storm
4
: going beyond reasonable or predictable limits : of exceptional quality or degree
throws a wicked fastball
wickedly
adverb
Synonyms
Adjective
- bad
- dark
- evil
- immoral
- iniquitous
- nefarious
- rotten
- sinful
- unethical
- unlawful
- unrighteous
- unsavory
- vicious
- vile
- villainous
- wrong
Adverb
- achingly
- almighty
- archly
- awful
- awfully
- badly
- beastly
- blisteringly
- bone
- colossally
- corking
- cracking
- damn
- damned
- dang
- deadly
- desperately
- eminently
- enormously
- especially
- ever
- exceedingly
- exceeding
- extra
- extremely
- fabulously
- fantastically
- far
- fiercely
- filthy
- frightfully
- full
- greatly
- heavily
- highly
- hugely
- immensely
- incredibly
- intensely
- jolly
- majorly
- mightily
- mighty
- monstrous [chiefly dialect]
- mortally
- most
- much
- particularly
- passing
- rattling
- real
- really
- right
- roaring
- roaringly
- seriously
- severely
- so
- sore
- sorely
- spanking
- specially
- stinking
- such
- super
- supremely
- surpassingly
- terribly
- that
- thumping
- too
- unco
- uncommonly
- vastly
- very
- vitally
- way
- whacking
- wildly
Examples of wicked in a Sentence
Adjective
a wicked act of cruelty
She played the part of the wicked stepmother in the play.
She wore a wicked grin after her victory.
She's known for having a wicked sense of humor.
She had a wicked case of food poisoning.
A wicked odor was coming from the closet.
He throws a wicked fastball.
Adverb
His car goes wicked fast.
All his friends thought he was wicked cool.
The tickets were wicked expensive.
Recent Examples on the Web
Michael Snyder, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2024
Without the dark, threatening corners, this Oz comes across more like a playground than a coming-of-age purgatory (the last wicked witch standing, Betts’ Evillene, registers as mildly menacing and is defeated with a small splash).
—Naveen Kumar, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024
Or, as Ben Affleck, king of Boston, would say: That would be wicked.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2024
The New Providence of 1696 was a long way from becoming the world’s wickedest Republic of Pirates, its chaotic lanes home to such notorious figures as Benjamin Hornigold, Blackbeard, Calico Jack Rackham, Charles Vane, Mary Read and Anne Bonny.
—Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
Exactly 10 minutes after Silva gave City the lead, Madrid had equalized after Eduardo Camavinga’s long-range effort took a wicked deflection off Rúben Dias.
—Ben Church, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
That, plus making sure the visuals are definitely wicked and pushing the envelope because some of these rules are just made up.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 3 Apr. 2024
The mix of references, affection and wicked satire — and what Williams fan does not also enjoy Williams spoofs? — was like candy laced with arsenic.
—Elisabeth Vincentelli, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
The story centers around Margaret’s arrival at a Rome orphanage and her discovery of a wicked plot to spawn the Antichrist.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Apr. 2024
Adjective
In the beginning, there’s a sort of lightheartedness about this wicked little guy: In his youth, he’s embedded in the world and in love with it.
—Michael Snyder, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2024
Without the dark, threatening corners, this Oz comes across more like a playground than a coming-of-age purgatory (the last wicked witch standing, Betts’ Evillene, registers as mildly menacing and is defeated with a small splash).
—Naveen Kumar, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024
Or, as Ben Affleck, king of Boston, would say: That would be wicked.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2024
The New Providence of 1696 was a long way from becoming the world’s wickedest Republic of Pirates, its chaotic lanes home to such notorious figures as Benjamin Hornigold, Blackbeard, Calico Jack Rackham, Charles Vane, Mary Read and Anne Bonny.
—Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
Exactly 10 minutes after Silva gave City the lead, Madrid had equalized after Eduardo Camavinga’s long-range effort took a wicked deflection off Rúben Dias.
—Ben Church, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
That, plus making sure the visuals are definitely wicked and pushing the envelope because some of these rules are just made up.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 3 Apr. 2024
The mix of references, affection and wicked satire — and what Williams fan does not also enjoy Williams spoofs? — was like candy laced with arsenic.
—Elisabeth Vincentelli, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
The story centers around Margaret’s arrival at a Rome orphanage and her discovery of a wicked plot to spawn the Antichrist.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Apr. 2024
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“Wicked.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wicked. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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