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comparative wickeder or more wicked, superlative wickedest or most wicked
Evil or mischievous by nature. quotations examples
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bolde as a lyon.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Proverbs 28:1
‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. […]’.
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess
What a wicked game to play, to make me feel this way / What a wicked thing to do, to let me dream of you / What a wicked thing to say, you never felt this way
1989, Chris Isaak (lyrics and music), “Wicked Game”, in Heart Shaped World
(slang) Excellent; awesome; masterful.
Harsh; severe. examples
not comparable
(slang, New England, Britain) Very, extremely.
simple past and past participle of wick examples
Having a wick. quotations examples
Up went Moggy, with her thick-wicked kitchen candle, to seek repose; […]
1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard
(UK, dialect, obsolete) Active; brisk.
(Britain, dialect, chiefly Yorkshire) Infested with maggots. examples
Alternative form of wick, as applying to inanimate objects only. examples