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- Dictionarynefarious/nɪˈfɛːrɪəs/
adjective
- 1. (typically of an action or activity) wicked or criminal: "the nefarious activities of the organized-crime syndicates"
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Nefarious means morally bad, especially of activities. Learn more about its usage, pronunciation and translations in different languages.
- English (US)
adjective. formal us / nəˈfer.i.əs / uk / nəˈfeə.ri.əs / Add...
- Znaczenie Nefarious, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
NEFARIOUS definicja: 1. (especially of activities) morally...
- Villainous
VILLAINOUS definition: 1. A villainous person or an action...
- Traditional
NEFARIOUS translate: （尤指活動）邪惡的，不道德的. Learn more in the...
- English (US)
Nefarious means flagrantly wicked or impious, or evil. It comes from the Latin word nefas, meaning "crime" or "divine law". See synonyms, examples, word history, and related articles.
Nefarious means morally bad, especially of activities. Learn how to use this formal adjective in sentences and find synonyms and translations in different languages.
Nefarious means not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable. Find 164 similar and opposite words, example sentences, and related articles for nefarious on Merriam-Webster Thesaurus.
- Some common synonyms of nefarious are corrupt, degenerate, iniquitous, vicious, and villainous. While all these words mean "highly reprehensible or...
- While in some cases nearly identical to nefarious, corrupt stresses a loss of moral integrity or probity causing betrayal of principle or sworn obl...
- In some situations, the words degenerate and nefarious are roughly equivalent. However, degenerate suggests having sunk to an especially vicious or...
- The words iniquitous and nefarious are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, iniquitous implies absence of all signs of justice or fairn...
- The meanings of vicious and nefarious largely overlap; however, vicious may directly oppose virtuous in implying moral depravity, or may connote ma...
- While the synonyms villainous and nefarious are close in meaning, villainous applies to any evil, depraved, or vile conduct or characteristic. // a...
Nefarious means extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous. It comes from Latin nefārius, meaning "offense against divine or moral law". See how to use it in a sentence and find synonyms and antonyms.
Describe a person's actions as nefarious if they are evil or wicked. Batman and Superman are always fighting evildoers and stopping their nefarious plots. Nefarious comes from the Latin nefas "crime, impiety." If something is nefarious, it is criminal, evil, malicious and wicked.
If you describe an activity as nefarious, you mean that it is wicked and immoral. [ literary ] Why make a whole village prisoner if it was not to some nefarious purpose?
