as in badness
the state or quality of being utterly evil
the evilness of the crimes was considered by the judge in sentencing
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Recent Examples of evilness
That was really what helped me into the character and into her evilness.
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William Earl, Variety, 4 Oct. 2025
William Earl, Variety, 4 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evilness
atrocity
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He was joined by Ali Abbas and Ali Ayyoub, two former ministers of defense facing sanctions for human rights violations and atrocities carried out during the conflict.—
Danny Makki,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Only instead of ignoring or burying this awful truth, Kai travels the world, speaking at synagogues and in Jewish community centers about his family’s dark past — and at high schools and colleges to ensure that the atrocities of Nazi Germany are never forgotten or sanitized.—
Johnny Dodd,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Evilness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evilness. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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