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| Date: | 1200-1300 |
| Origin: | wick 'wicked' (12-20 centuries), perhaps from Old English wicca; WITCH |
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wick‧ed
1 behaving in a way that is morally wrong [= evil]: the wicked stepmother in 'Hansel and Gretel'
the wicked stepmother in 'Hansel and Gretel'2 informal behaving badly in a way that is amusing : Carl had a wicked grin on his face as he crept up behind Ellen.
Carl had a wicked grin on his face as he crept up behind Ellen.3 spoken informal very good : That's a wicked bike!
That's a wicked bike! —wickedly adverb
—wickedness noun [uncountable]
WORD FOCUS: bad WORD FOCUS: bad very bad: awful, terrible, horrible, lousy informal, appalling, ghastly, atrocious, horrendous
bad, but not very bad: not very good, mediocre, second-rate, so-so, lacklustre
of bad quality: shoddy, inferior, poor quality, cheap, crummy informal
bad at doing something: be no good at something
very bad at doing something: hopeless, terrible, useless, lousy informal, incompetent
morally bad: evil, wicked, immoral, corrupt, sick, perverted, degenerate
➔ See also bad
