Definitions of evil:

  • noun:   morally objectionable behavior
  • noun:   the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
    Example: "Attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world"
  • noun:   that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune
    Example: "The evil that men do lives after them"
  • adjective:   tending to cause great harm
  • adjective:   morally bad or wrong
    Example: "Evil purposes"
  • adjective:   having the nature of vice
  • adjective:   having or exerting a malignant influence