Complete Definition of "wicked"

English

Etymology 1
From Middle English, an alteration of wicke, ultimately from the Old English word wicca or sorcerer. In the age that the Bible was written, the British candle makers used to twist their wicks before they dipped them into the candle wax so the wax would adhere to the wick. Thus the term �wicked� came to mean �twisted� and in the King James Bible that was written in the Old English times, being �wicked� meant twisting what was righteous.

Pronunciation
wĭkʹĭd, /�wɪkɪd/, /<tt>"wIkId</tt>/
audio|en-us-wicked.ogg|Audio (US)

Adjective
en-adj-both

  1. evil|Evil or mischievous by nature; twisted.
  2. context|UK|and|US|slang excellent|Excellent; wonderful.

Synonyms
italbrac-colon|evil by nature evil, malevolent, twisted
italbrac-colon|excellent; wonderful awesome, cool

Translations
trans-top|evil
Arabic: ARchar|شر�ر (širīr)
Chinese: ��, �� (xiéè)
Dutch: kwaadaardig
Finnish: ilkeä, häijy, paha, pahanilkinen
French: méchant m, méchante f
German: böse
Italian: malvagio m, malvagia f
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Japanese: ���� (�����, ijiwarui)
Korean: �� (nappeun)
Portuguese: mau m, má f, malvado m, malvada f
Russian: злой (zloj)
Scottish Gaelic: olc, meallta
Spanish: malvado
Swedish: elak, syndig
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trans-top|awesome
Finnish: siisti
French: génial, sensass, super#French|super, mortel, chanmé
Portuguese: legal, da hora (slang), muito louco (slang)
trans-mid
Swedish: grym, fet
Spanish: asombroso, bacán
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Adverb
wicked

  1. context|New England|and|United Kingdom|slang very, extremely

#:The band we went to see the other night was wicked loud!

Translations
trans-top|very
Finnish: pirun, vähän
French: trop
trans-mid
Spanish: muy
Swedish: grymt, fett
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Etymology 2
wick + -ed

Pronunciation
wĭkt, /wɪkt/, /<tt>wIkt</tt>/

Verb form
wicked

  1. past of|wick
  2. past participle of|wick

Adjective
wicked

  1. Having a wick.

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