Evil
Evil noun - That which is morally unacceptable.
Unpleasantness and evil are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unpleasantness" instead a noun "Evil".
Nearby Word: evilly
Unpleasantness
Unpleasantness noun - The feeling caused by disagreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling.
Evil and unpleasantness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Evil" instead a noun "Unpleasantness".
Nearby Words: unpleasant, unpleasantly
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- trouble and evil
- trouble and unpleasantness
- misfortune and evil
- misfortune and unpleasantness
- affliction and evil
- affliction and unpleasantness
- suffering and evil
- suffering and unpleasantness
- misery and evil
- misery and unpleasantness
- hurt and evil
- hurt and unpleasantness
- ill and evil
- ill and unpleasantness
Both words in one sentence
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In the Star Wars Expanded Universe, this is a common expression of Sith evil, for example in The Jedi Academy Trilogy when Kyp Durron at first uses an 'unpleasantness field' to drive away annoying flies, and later in full-on evil mode the very plants wither where he steps.
Source: Enemy to All Living Things -
The point is made, however, that their unpleasantness is due to culture and upbringing, not inherent nature, and that non-evil members of the species can and do exist (though they tend to call themselves something other than mazakh).
Source: Lizard Folk -
And then there's General Tarquin, who observes that an Evil Overlord's life consists of decades of decadence terminated, with extreme prejudice, in ten minutes of unpleasantness in the hands of a hero.
Source: Evil Feels Good
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