pure evil

Completely without goodness

Pure evil describes malevolence without any redeeming quality or mitigating circumstance—wrongdoing for its own sake.

The phrase often appears in dramatic or hyperbolic contexts: The villain was pure evil.

It can be used loosely for anything intensely disliked: That math test was pure evil.

Related

depraved · sinister · monstrousness · cold blooded · corrupt · malicious · heinous · mortal sin · Mara · malevolent · Lilith · Satan · cruelty · sadism · serial killer · ruthlessness · demon · genocide

Opposites
moral nature

pure evilmoral perfection

Complete virtue without flaw

saintliness · benevolence · righteousness · virtue · loving-kindness

spiritual/metaphysical character

pure evildivine goodness

God's essential moral perfection

holiness · sanctity · grace · God · sacred

moral purity/intensity

pure evilperfect love

Flawless, unconditional affection

wholesome · moral ambiguity

Family

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Familiarity
Top 50,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG