evil-minded

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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
Adjective
  • Her pattern was disrupted by Balthazar Blades settling himself at one end of the bar, smiling with all his disreputable charm.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The ladies move closer to God through acts of disobedience, debauchery, and disgrace; by visiting seedy places and commingling with the disreputable.
    Nicole Flattery, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The evil White Vision regains all of his previous memories and flies off by himself.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Then the evil grin loses its enthusiasm, gradually working its way to a toothless pucker.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The death of Pope Francis, sadly, has not escaped the attention of these truly contemptible criminals.
    Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • At the time, some of LeBron’s critics saw this as contemptible.
    Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • At least now, Wendell believes that Lee is onto something nefarious.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Keaton also starred as a playwright/mother who becomes involved with a nefarious womanizer (Jack Nicholson) in Something’s Gotta Give (2003), good for her fourth best actress Oscar nomination.
    Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Its central character, Chevy Chase's Clark W. Griswold, is a dopey dad trying to keep it together amid an escalating series of exasperating frustrations and ignoble temptations.
    Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025
  • This is an ignoble plan that cites dubious science while elevating the entertainment of a handful of hunters over the revulsion of most Floridians.
    Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2025
Adjective
  • Your job is to break up the wrecks of massive ships and space hulks, carving them apart to release valuable components which can be reused or recycled at huge profits by your despicable space overlords.
    Alan Bradley, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • This kind of violence in a place of worship is despicable.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The infernal noise was an equal opportunity terrifier — frightening both men and women.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 2 Oct. 2025
  • His infernal fantasies connect to Riley’s haunted autobiographies, her family photos rewoven into monumental weavings.
    Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Although Adora leads a group of magical princesses and their friends against the villainous Lord Hordak and his evil Horde, she’s still drawn to her childhood best friend Catra (AJ Michalka), who’s been tapped as Hordak’s right-hand in her absence.
    Abby Monteil, Them., 15 Oct. 2025
  • The cast also includes Eugene Byrd as a young version of classic Spider-Man villain Tombstone, Hugh Dancy as Otto Octavius, MCU star Charlie Cox as Daredevil, Kari Wahlgren as Aunt May, Aleks Le as Amadeus Cho and Jonathan Medina as the villainous Scorpion.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025

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“Evil-minded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evil-minded. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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