First Known Use: 13th century
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1wicked
adjective wick·ed \ˈwi-kəd\
: morally bad
: having or showing slightly bad thoughts in a way that is funny or not serious
: very bad or unpleasant
Full Definition of WICKED
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: morally very bad : evil
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a : disgustingly unpleasant : vile <a wicked odor> b : causing or likely to cause harm, distress, or trouble <a wicked storm>
4
: going beyond reasonable or predictable limits : of exceptional quality or degree <throws a wicked fastball>
— wick·ed·ly adverb
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Origin of WICKED
Middle English, alteration of wicke wicked, perhaps from Old English wicca
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2wicked
adverb
: very or extremely
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First Known Use of WICKED
1980
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- Synonyms
- achingly, almighty, archly, awful, awfully, badly, beastly, blisteringly, bone, colossally, corking, cracking, damn, damned, dang, deadly, desperately, eminently, enormously, especially, ever, exceedingly (also exceeding), extra, extremely, fabulously, fantastically, far, fiercely, filthy, frightfully, full, greatly, heavily, highly, hugely, immensely, incredibly, intensely, jolly, majorly, mightily, mighty, monstrous [chiefly dialect], mortally, most, much, particularly, passing, rattling, real, really, right, roaring, roaringly, seriously, severely, so, sore, sorely, spanking, specially, stinking, such, super, supremely, surpassingly, terribly, that, thumping, too, unco, uncommonly, vastly, vitally, way, whacking, very, wildly
- Antonyms
- little, negligibly, nominally, slightly, somewhat
WICKED Defined for Kids
wicked
adjective wick·ed \ˈwi-kəd\
wick·ed·erwick·ed·est
Definition of WICKED for Kids
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: bad in behavior, moral state, or effect : evil <“… you're a wicked girl to stand in the way of your sister's good fortune.” — Esther Forbes, Johnny Tremain>
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: dangerous 2 <a wicked storm>
3
: of exceptional quality or degree <He threw some wicked pitches.>
— wick·ed·ly adverb
— wick·ed·ness noun
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