Definitions for wicked
ˈwɪk ɪdwicked

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1. wickedadjective

   morally bad in principle or practice

2. sinful, unholy, wickedadjective

   having committed unrighteous acts

   "a sinful person"

3. severe, terrible, wickedadjective

   intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality

   "severe pain"; "a severe case of flu"; "a terrible cough"; "under wicked fire from the enemy's guns"; "a wicked cough"

4. arch, impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish, wickedadjective

   naughtily or annoyingly playful

   "teasing and worrying with impish laughter"; "a wicked prank"

5. disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yuckyadjective

   highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

   "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. WICKEDadjective

   Etymology: Of this common word the etymology is very obscure: wicca , is an enchanter; wæccan , is to oppress; wirian , to curse; wiccd , is crooked: all these however Stephen Skinner rejects for vitiatus, Latin. Perhaps it is a compound of wic , vile, bad, and head, malum caput.

   1. Given to vice; not good; flagitious; morally bad.

   The dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought. Job.

   And as the better spirit, when she doth bear
   A scorn of death, doth shew she cannot die;
   So when the wicked soul death’s face doth fear,
   Ev’n then she proves her own eternity. Davies.

   He of their wicked ways shall them admonish. John Milton.

   But since thy veins paternal virtue fires,
   Go and succeed! the rivals aims despise;
   For never, never wicked man was wise. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.

   2. It is a word of ludicrous or slight blame.

   That same wicked bastard of Venus, that blind rascally boy, that abuses every one’s eyes because his own are out, let him be judge how deep I am in love. William Shakespeare.

   3. Cursed; baneful; pernicious; bad in effect.

   The wicked weed which there the fox did lay,
   From underneath his head he took away. Hubberd.

   As wicked dew as e’er my mother brush’d,
   With raven’s feather from unwholsome fen,
   Drop on you both. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Wickedadjective

   having a wick; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wicked lamp

2. Wickedadjective

   evil in principle or practice; deviating from morality; contrary to the moral or divine law; addicted to vice or sin; sinful; immoral; profligate; -- said of persons and things; as, a wicked king; a wicked woman; a wicked deed; wicked designs

3. Wickedadjective

   cursed; baneful; hurtful; bad; pernicious; dangerous

4. Wickedadjective

   ludicrously or sportively mischievous; disposed to mischief; roguish

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1. Wicked

   Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. It is based on the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, a parallel novel of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and L. Frank Baum's classic story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The musical is told from the perspective of the witches of the Land of Oz; its plot begins before and continues after Dorothy's arrival in Oz from Kansas and includes several references to the 1939 film and Baum's novel. Wicked tells the story of two unlikely friends, Elphaba and Glinda, who struggle through opposing personalities and viewpoints, rivalry over the same love-interest, reactions to the Wizard's corrupt government, and, ultimately, Elphaba's public fall from grace. Produced by Universal Pictures in coalition with Marc Platt and David Stone, the Joe Mantello–directed and Wayne Cilento–choreographed original production of Wicked premiered on Broadway at the Gershwin Theatre in October 2003, after completing pre-Broadway SHN tryouts at San Francisco's Curran Theatre in May 2003. Its original stars included Idina Menzel as Elphaba, Kristin Chenoweth as Glinda, and Joel Grey as the Wizard. The original Broadway production won three Tony Awards and six Drama Desk Awards whilst its cast album received a Grammy Award. It has since celebrated its ninth anniversary on October 30, 2012, and played for 3,886 performances, making Wicked the 12th longest-running Broadway show in history.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Wicked

   wik′ed, adj. evil in principle or practice: deviating from morality: sinful: ungodly: mischievous: (prov.) active, brisk.—n. (B.) a wicked person, (pl.) wicked persons collectively.—adv. Wick′edly.—n. Wick′edness.—Wicked Bible, an edition printed in 1632 in which the word 'not' was omitted in Exodus xx. 14.—The wicked one, the devil. [Orig. a pa.p. with the sense 'rendered evil' from wikken, to make evil, wikke, bad; A.S. wicca, wizard.]

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1. wickedadjective

   Cool. or Very A modifier used primarily in the Northeastern parts of the US(western MA) and in the UK. Often equated with the word "hella", wicked differs in that it may reference its original definition as well as its current one. "Kick it cause I get wicked" or "it was wicked hot"-- Ice Cube (Wicked)

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1. wicked

   Song lyrics by wicked -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by wicked on the Lyrics.com website.

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'wicked' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3157

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'wicked' in Adjectives Frequency: #973

How to pronounce wicked?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say wicked in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of wicked in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of wicked in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of wicked in a Sentence

1. Jeff Russell:

   It's a wicked storm.

2. George Washington:

   The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it.

3. Jonathan Swift:

   I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.

4. Iowa President Barack Obama:

   (S)he’s extraordinarily experienced — and, you know, wicked smart and knows every policy inside and out — (and) sometimes (that) could make her more cautious, and her campaign more prose than poetry.

5. Indian Proverb:

   Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured.

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