1
: morally very bad : evil
2
3
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
wickedly
adverb
Synonyms
Adjective
- bad
- dark
- evil
- immoral
- iniquitous
- nefarious
- rotten
- sinful
- unethical
- unlawful
- unrighteous
- unsavory
- vicious
- vile
- villainous
- wrong
Adverb
- achingly
- almighty
- archly
- awful
- awfully
- badly
- beastly
- blisteringly
- bone
- colossally
- corking
- cracking
- damn
- damned
- dang
- deadly
- desperately
- eminently
- enormously
- especially
- ever
- exceedingly
- 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
- very
- vitally
- way
- whacking
- wildly
Examples of wicked in a Sentence
Adjective
a wicked act of cruelty
She played the part of the wicked stepmother in the play.
She wore a wicked grin after her victory.
She's known for having a wicked sense of humor.
She had a wicked case of food poisoning.
A wicked odor was coming from the closet.
He throws a wicked fastball.
Adverb
His car goes wicked fast.
All his friends thought he was wicked cool.
The tickets were wicked expensive.
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Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 9 Dec. 2024
In an awards season that is looking pretty wicked on a number of levels, the Golden Globes pulled back the curtain on some magical contenders this morning.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024
Another wave of wicked winter weather The latest wave of lake-effect snow began crashing across parts of the nation's northern tier Wednesday, threatening to bring havoc all the way to New York City and Washington on Thursday.
—Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2024
Glinda the Good Witch) made being wicked look like a lot of fun.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
The word ‘wicked’ is so small that it can be thrown from the open back door of a school bus.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 9 Dec. 2024
In an awards season that is looking pretty wicked on a number of levels, the Golden Globes pulled back the curtain on some magical contenders this morning.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024
Another wave of wicked winter weather The latest wave of lake-effect snow began crashing across parts of the nation's northern tier Wednesday, threatening to bring havoc all the way to New York City and Washington on Thursday.
—Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2024
Glinda the Good Witch) made being wicked look like a lot of fun.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for wicked
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“Wicked.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wicked. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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