evils
Sources of suffering
Evils is the plural of evil—things that cause harm, suffering, or moral wrongness.
The word often appears in comparative judgments: the lesser of two evils, the evils of war.
Social evils are widespread harms like poverty or addiction.
Money is the root of all evils misquotes the biblical passage about the love of money.
Bad habit or deputy
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- iniquityMoral wrongdoing, grave injustice
- depravityProfound moral corruption
- immoralityQuality of being wicked
wickedness · blasphemy · sacrilege · gluttony · greed · lust · envy · sloth
Deliberate harm-causing disposition
- maliceIntent to cause harm
- viciousnessExtreme cruelty or spite
- spitePetty malicious intent
- vindictivenessDisposition toward retaliation
hostility · sadism · brutality · inhumanity · ruthlessness · heartlessness · callousness · barbarity
Severe misfortune or disaster
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- tragedyDisastrous or sorrowful event
- catastropheDevastating, large-scale misfortune
- afflictionCause of ongoing distress
suffering · hardship · adversity · woe · ruin · plague · pestilence · famine
Corrupt payment for influence
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- extortionObtaining through threats
- graftIllicit political gain
nepotism · kickback · cronyism · racketeering · malfeasance · venality · profiteering · exploitation
vice
Bad habit or deputy
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- iniquityMoral wrongdoing, grave injustice
- depravityProfound moral corruption
immorality · wickedness · blasphemy · sacrilege · gluttony · greed · lust · envy · sloth · wrath
cruelty
Deliberate harm-causing disposition
- maliceIntent to cause harm
- viciousnessExtreme cruelty or spite
- spitePetty malicious intent
vindictiveness · hostility · sadism · brutality · inhumanity · ruthlessness · heartlessness · callousness · barbarity · ferocity
calamity
Severe misfortune or disaster
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- tragedyDisastrous or sorrowful event
- catastropheDevastating, large-scale misfortune
affliction · suffering · hardship · adversity · woe · ruin · plague · pestilence · famine · blight
bribery
Corrupt payment for influence
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- extortionObtaining through threats
graft · nepotism · kickback · cronyism · racketeering · malfeasance · venality · profiteering · exploitation · scandal
demon
Malevolent supernatural being
- devilEvil supernatural entity
- SatanJudeo-Christian arch-enemy of God
- LuciferRebellious angel of Christian theology
hell · damnation · possession · exorcism · occult · sorcery · witchcraft · curse · hex · specter
- sinsgreed, lust, gluttony, deadly sin, sloth
- Abstractsabstractions, concepts, ideas, properties, qualities
- Pandora mythPandora, Pandora's box, hope, Zeus, Prometheus
evilsgoods
Things for sale
virtues · righteousness · goodnesses · goodness · benevolences
evilsholiness
Sacred spiritual purity
sanctities · blessings · graces · pieties · sacraments
- necessary evilHarmful thing reluctantly permitted
- evil twinMorally inverted lookalike
- evil stepmotherHostile second wife to father
- pure evilTotal moral corruption
- evil geniusWicked yet brilliant schemer
- good versus evilCore ethical dichotomy
evil, evilness, evildoer, evilly, evilest, evildoing, eviler, evildoers, evildoings