Synonyms of evildoing

evildoing

noun

ˌē-vəl-ˈdü-iŋ 

as in evil

that which is morally unacceptable

a book that ponders the question of the presence of evildoing in a universe controlled by a benevolent Supreme Being

Synonyms & Similar Words

• evil
• bad
• evilness
• badness
• sin
• wrong
• villainy
• immorality
• sinfulness
• iniquity
• ill
• wickedness
• vileness
• heinousness
• diabolism
• darkness
• satanism
• atrocity
• corruption
• devilishness
• fiendishness
• enormity
• devilry
• squalor
• decay
• canker
• scurrility
• rot
• malefaction
• perversion
• depravity
• cancer
• atrociousness
• degeneracy
• abomination
• depravedness
• balefulness
• iniquitousness
• indecency
• debauchery
• anathema
• taboo
• pervertedness
• scurrilousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• virtue
• right
• morality
• good
• goodness
• integrity
• rectitude
• decency
• righteousness
• honesty
• uprightness
• probity
• virtuousness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of evildoing

The show trades the Middle Eastern backdrop of the first season for a South American one, and Pine has to use all his charm and improvisation to get out of a series of increasingly dangerous pickles, all the while worrying that British Security Services might be involved in all the evildoing. — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026

The series, arranged every year by the Hartford Business Improvement District, opens July 12 with a film where the supernatural evildoing has a Connecticut connection. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 6 June 2025

The greater the barriers to evildoing, the greater the chances of discouraging causal efforts and upping the ante for the determined cyber crooks. — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2023