evil-minded

adjective

Definition of evil-mindednext
as in disreputable

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Recent Examples of evil-minded Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers. — Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evil-minded
  1. disreputable
  2. evil
  3. contemptible
  4. nefarious
  5. ignoble
  6. despicable
  7. infernal
  8. villainous
Adjective
  • Horror may now be respectable enough for its own sprawling exhibition at the Academy Museum, but Criterion’s October lineup proves there are still plenty of disreputable pleasures to be found.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Thus all notions of reference to precedent in the arts became contentious, if not disreputable.
    — Mario Carpo, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of disreputable
Adjective
  • Americans are up in arms about the much broader graft practiced by much of the political class, not just by its evil faux-king.
    — Larry Wilson, Daily News, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Some stories can harden moral perception, of course, pushing us to dichotomize the purely good and the purely evil, as in the moral pornography of superhero comics and revenge flicks.
    — Paul Bloom, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of evil
Adjective
  • Those contemptible Clemson men even fell to the ne’er-do-wells from Auburn, Alabama.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The scandal rocked the Cry Babies, prompting some to give the singer a new nickname, Felony Martinez, while inciting the majority to pile in against Timothy and dismiss her story as contemptible lies.
    — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 13 July 2026
Definition of contemptible
Adjective
  • Within the first three minutes a guy gets sliced up like a block of cheese by a nefarious wire trap.
    — Vulture Editors, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Others fear that Reflect Orbital’s satellites will be used for other nefarious purposes, like enabling mass surveillance, while attracting clients from the military industrial complex.
    — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of nefarious
Adjective
  • The prizes’ name is a reference to Ignatius (Ig) Nobel—a fictional character said to be a distant cousin of Swedish inventor and industrialist Alfred Nobel, for whom the Nobel Prizes are named—and is also a pun on the word ignoble.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Aug. 2026
  • This is an ignoble war making monsters and fools out of its participants, and against the uncontrollable weapons that are dragons, everyone’s resolve is crumbling.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 18 June 2026
Definition of ignoble
Adjective
  • The crimes against children that Markle is accused of are appalling and despicable.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Gene Reetz, Denver The outrageous appointment of the despicable Stephen Miller as Donald Trump‘s new chief of staff is an example of the classic double down.
    — DP Opinion, Denver Post, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of despicable
Adjective
  • Four years later in Italy, the waterworks went again, as those infernal penalty kicks tripped us up against West Germany in the semifinal.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 17 June 2026
  • Linda Cardellini offers up a killer breakdown to the roaring chorus of the lawn guy’s infernal leaf blower.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2026
Definition of infernal
Adjective
  • So the most difficult and highly attractive challenge was to make viewers want to watch more about a villain who becomes ever more villainous, for the audience to feel ever more emotion and commitment to the series.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 9 Nov. 2026
  • The actor spoke briefly about fatherhood while appearing on Thursday’s episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast, revealing that sometimes his villainous characters come out at home — but only under certain circumstances.
    — Shelby Stivale, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of villainous

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“Evil-minded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evil-minded. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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