evil-minded

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Recent Examples of evil-minded Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers. Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evil-minded
Adjective
  • The other district used to be held by the disreputable Matt Gaetz.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Wealth is derived from many sources and qualities, often disreputable ones.
    Letters to the Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Lillard’s career catapulted following his turn in the flick as Stu Macher, one-half of the evil duo (including Ulrich’s Billy Loomis) behind the savage killings at Woodsboro High.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 30 Mar. 2025
  • No country will afford to regimes which practice racial discrimination assistance which in its own judgment directly contributes to the pursuit or consolidation of this evil policy.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • At the time, some of LeBron’s critics saw this as contemptible.
    Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Civil-liberties organizations have defended neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan on the basis that, unless there is free speech for the most contemptible members of society, there cannot be free speech for all.
    Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Julianne Nicholson's Sinatra is running the show...until Xavier figures out her nefarious plans.
    EW Staff, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • However, some of the most nefarious uses are increasingly in healthcare, where accurate, factual information and trust are critically important to good outcomes.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Until then, there are the Razzies, an ignoble accolade marking the very worst movies and acting performances of the year.
    Marco della Cava, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
  • But on this southern front of the Trump empire, Palm Beach County, Donald Trump is flirting with ignoble defeat.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • For all their naïveté, Anna and Tom are not despicable.
    Alice Gregory, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
  • JoAnn Lee Frank, Clearwater The bullying of Zelenskyy The bullying by President Trump and Vice President JD Vance against President Zelenskyy is despicable.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • With a wink and a knowing smile, Hermes (Sarah Taylor) guides the audience through a realm of stark contrasts, from the ominous storms of the world above to the infernal heat of Hadestown.
    News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Another flash shot: Uncle Fred standing behind her in his infernal boots, mummified in white menstrual products—and Shula wakes up.
    Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • There was her show, WandaVision, which then led to her villainous appearance in Multiverse of Madness.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
  • This is true, villainous cruelty by a few idiots who are trying to figure out how to pull off the scam of their lives.
    Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025

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“Evil-minded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evil-minded. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.

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