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 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
  • Of course being an Agatha Christie yarn set in England 1936, that disreputable unfinished business between the former sweethearts is followed by a violent death.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
  • In an interview with NBC News, Duckworth said young service members are targeted by bad actors, such as payday lenders and disreputable car dealers, particularly because military members' wages can be garnished.
    Melissa Chan, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • At the time of Vallow's death, Vallow Daybell was espousing the belief that he was possessed by an evil spirit, the prosecution said.
    CBS News, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Last season, there was an episode that featured an evil streaming executive — who dressed like, kind of looked like and whose name even sounded like Bela Bajaria, Netflix’s chief creative officer and your boss.
    Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 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
  • The military declares martial law in the town as Daniels and his fellow scientists race to develop a cure, even as the nefarious McClintock schemes to bomb Cedar Creek to smithereens to contain the virus.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The programmatic landscape is such a complex environment that excluding questionable content or nefarious actors is nearly an impossible task.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • There’s an ignoble tradition of falsified memoirs.
    Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • Schimel was accused of giving plea deals to despicable criminals.
    Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 6 Apr. 2025
  • Hoult is coming off a trio of starring turns late last year that showcased his range, playing a cold white supremacist in Justin Kurzel’s The Order, a conflicted husband in Clint Eastwood’s Juror No. 2, and a man fighting a despicable vampire in Robert Egger’s lush Gothic drama Nosferatu.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 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
  • An infernal barrage of blazes continues to ravage the Los Angeles metropolitan region, where the death toll has now risen to at least 10 individuals.
    Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • There was her show, WandaVision, which then led to her villainous appearance in Multiverse of Madness.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Gyllenhaal, who plays the villainous Iago to Washington’s Othello, was joined by both his sister, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and longtime partner, Cadieu.
    Bailey Richards, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025

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“Evil-minded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evil-minded. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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