Betekenis van evil In het Nederlands

• 0 morally bad, cruel, or very unpleasant:

  • an evil dictator

  • These people are just evil.

• 1 something that is very bad and harmful:

  • Each new leader would blame his predecessor for all the evils of the past.

  • Drug addiction is one of today's great social evils.

  • For the sake of long-term peace, the military option is the lesser evil/the lesser of two evils (= the less unpleasant of two bad choices).

  • the battle between good and evil

• 2 the condition of being immoral, cruel, or bad, or an act of this type:

  • [ U ] a contest between good and evil