as in badness
the state or quality of being utterly evil
the diabolicalness of the serial killer's acts, which included cannibalism, defy belief
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On one side, a satanic figure named Randall Flagg who gathers his forces of badness to Las Vegas; on the other, the good guys, led by 108-year-old Mother Abigail in, of all places, Boulder.—
Barbara Ellis,
Denver Post,
15 Jan. 2026 -
The show premiered over Thanksgiving weekend, when people were tired and full and bored (and probably also horny), and countered our world’s unceasing badness with its world’s buoyant sweetness.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
12 Jan. 2026
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This lawless crew shares dramaturgical DNA with the vice figures from medieval morality plays, personifications of sinfulness who would confide their schemes to the audience and make theatergoers their co-conspirators in a riveting game that obviously left its mark on a young Shakespeare.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2026
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In Hollywood, Star 80 wasn’t treated as a failure; was treated as an atrocity.—
Lili Anolik,
Vanity Fair,
12 Jan. 2026
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John and Pam Hughes called it an atrocity.—
Ryan Hughes,
CBS News,
10 Jan. 2026
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That was really what helped me into the character and into her evilness.—
William Earl,
Variety,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Diabolicalness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diabolicalness. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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