wicked

wick‧ed S3 / wɪkəd, wɪkɪd / 形容词

1 behaving in a way that is morally wrong 同义词 evil :

the wicked stepmother in ‘Hansel and Gretel’

2 informal behaving badly in a way that is amusing :

Carl had a wicked grin on his face as he crept up behind Ellen.

Tara hasn’t lost her wicked sense of humour .

3 spoken informal very good :

That’s a wicked bike!

— wickedly 副词

— wickedness 名词 [不可数名词]

THESAURUS

very unkind

horrible especially spoken very unkind : Why is Jack always so horrible to me?

cruel very unkind and deliberately making people feel unhappy or making them suffer physically : Her father was very cruel to her. | a selfish, cruel woman

wicked / wɪkəd, wɪkɪd / extremely unkind and behaving in a very immoral way : a wicked thing to do | the wicked stepmother in Cinderella

sadistic extremely unkind and enjoying making other people suffer : Their father was a sadistic bully who beat them regularly. | He took a certain sadistic pleasure in his job.