Nice
Nice adjective - Conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue.
Usage example: in those days nice people would not have been caught dead in a gambling casino
Wicked
Wicked adjective - Not giving pleasure to the mind or senses.
Usage example: rotting eggs create a truly wicked stench
Both words in one sentence
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A good witch might brew a potion to make your laundry smell nice, but a wicked one might brew a potion with a Dead Man's Toe to give you hives.
Source: Wicked Witch - Wicked: Not so much "because you were nice to me" as "because you were nice to my sister", but when Galinda tells Boq to ask out the Inspirationally Disabled Nessarose, Elphaba goes to Madame Morrible and insists on bringing Galinda into her magic class or else Elphaba's leaving.
Source: Because You Were Nice to Me -
Wicked Stepmother: Subverted in that Beatrice's stepmother isn't very nice to her own son either.
Source: Literature / Hoot
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