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wickedness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of wickedness

1 playful, reckless behavior that is not intended to cause serious harm

  • a couple of live wires who got into all kinds of wickedness during their vacation in Las Vegas
Synonyms of wickedness

devilishness, devilment, devilry (or deviltry), diablerie, espièglerie, hob, impishness, knavery, mischief, mischievousness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan(s), waggery, waggishness
Words Related to wickedness

diabolicalness, misbehavior, misconduct, naughtiness, troublemaking

buffoonery, friskiness, playfulness, sportiveness

chicanery, trickery

goings-on, hanky-panky, high jinks (also hijinks), monkey business, monkeying, monkeyshine(s), skylarking, tomfoolery

horseplay, roughhousing

antic, caper, dido, practical joke, trick

aggravation, annoyance, exasperation, irritation
Near Antonyms of wickedness

gravitas, gravity, seriousness, solemnity, solemnness

2 the state or quality of being utterly evil

  • the movie featured a villain of unadulterated wickedness
Synonyms of wickedness

atrociousness, atrocity, badness, depravedness, depravity, diabolicalness, enormity, evilness, heinousness, hideousness, monstrosity, sinfulness, vileness
Words Related to wickedness

accursedness, baseness, cursedness, devilishness, execrableness, fiendishness, hellishness

corruption, decadence, degeneracy, pervertedness

immorality

infamy, notoriety
Near Antonyms of wickedness

morality

chasteness, innocence, purity
Antonyms of wickedness

goodness, righteousness, virtuousness

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