wickedness Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun morally objectionable behavior
    iniquity; evil; immorality.
  2. noun absence of moral or spiritual values
    iniquity; dark; darkness.
    • the powers of darkness
  3. noun the quality of being wicked
    ugliness; nefariousness; vileness.
  4. noun estrangement from god
    sinfulness; sin.
  5. noun the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions
    loathsomeness; lousiness; repulsiveness; vileness; sliminess.
    • the vileness of his language surprised us

WordNet


Wick"ed*ness noun
Definitions
  1. The quality or state of being wicked; departure from the rules of the divine or the moral law; evil disposition or practices; immorality; depravity; sinfulness.
    God saw that the wickedness of man was great. Gen. vi. 5.
    Their inward part is very wickedness. Ps. v. 9.
  2. A wicked thing or act; crime; sin; iniquity.
    I'll never care what wickedness I do, If this man comes to good. Shak.

Webster 1913