If you describe something as evil, you mean that you think it causes a great deal of harm to people and is morally bad. After 1760 few Americans refrained from condemning slavery as evil
that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune; "the evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones"- Shakespeare tending to cause great harm morally bad or wrong; "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds
That which lacks purpose, does harm and is inseparable from pleasure and pain; malevolent and inhumane behavior marked by aggression; nescience, miserableness Evil is the antonym of Good Compare Hubris
An aspect of alignment that focuses on bringing harm, oppression, or death to other beings Also, the opposite of good Evil creatures generally act out of a general lack of compassion, for sport, or out of duty to some evil deity or master Also, a spell domain composed of nine divine spells and a granted power embodying the principles of evil Also a spell descriptor denoting spells usable by evil and some neutral beings
If you refer to an evil, you mean a very unpleasant or harmful situation or activity. Higher taxes may be a necessary evil. a lecture on the evils of alcohol
Anything which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; anything which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; injury; mischief; harm; opposed to good