evil definition

1. morally objectionable behavior
2. that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune; - Shakespeare
• examples: the evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones
3. the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
• examples: attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world
4. morally bad or wrong
• examples: evil purposes
• examples: an evil influence
• examples: evil deeds
5. having the nature of vice