EVILDOING Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

evildoing

noun

ˌē-vəl-ˈdü-iŋ

Definition of evildoing

as in evil

that which is morally unacceptable a book that ponders the question of the presence of evildoing in a universe controlled by a benevolent Supreme Being

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Recent Examples of evildoing The show trades the Middle Eastern backdrop of the first season for a South American one, and Pine has to use all his charm and improvisation to get out of a series of increasingly dangerous pickles, all the while worrying that British Security Services might be involved in all the evildoing. — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026 The series, arranged every year by the Hartford Business Improvement District, opens July 12 with a film where the supernatural evildoing has a Connecticut connection. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 6 June 2025 The greater the barriers to evildoing, the greater the chances of discouraging causal efforts and upping the ante for the determined cyber crooks. — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2023

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Rather than doing a literal adaptation, the creators kept the book’s DNA and tweaked the ideas of evil, temptation and power with a contemporary twist.

— Annika Pham, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
But disagreement does not necessarily mean that one side possesses wisdom while the other possesses ignorance or evil.

— Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of evil

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In addition to public goods, AI will also create public bads.

— James Broughel, Forbes.com, 8 June 2026
Naturally, the meeting is a flop because no one was prepared, and their spontaneous ideas are frankly fireable-offense bad (a baguette bag shaped like a baguette for Paris?

— Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2025

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