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Definition of nefarious in English: nefariousadjective nɪˈfɛːrɪəsnəˈfɛriəs (typically of an action or activity) wicked or criminal. （尤指动作或行为）恶毒的，邪恶的，罪恶的 the nefarious activities of the organized-crime syndicates 有组织犯罪的辛迪加的罪恶行径。 Example sentencesExamples - Also I was told that wizards keep ghosts for their nefarious activities.
- For that, social introspection is required at all levels to identify the root causes of such nefarious crimes.
- She was also known for her escapades as a spy and for her various other nefarious activities.
- Al is hunting for Beta, a master criminal who makes illegal dittos of famous people for nefarious purposes.
- I know I sure wouldn't like to meet such dangerous and nefarious characters down a dark alleyway.
- It is supported in its nefarious activities by a popular press acting as piranhas voraciously feeding on the shreds that remain.
- It was just a rock known for nefarious activities that took place there.
- It is not a pretty wreck but its nefarious history makes it intriguing.
- They hit us where it hurts and do their damnedest to sell us products we neither want nor need in all manner of nefarious ways.
- All this does is make celebrities out of these crooks and encourages them to continue with their nefarious activities.
- Concerned good citizens who think they may have discovered some nefarious doings should email the anti piracy team here.
- They are the most nefarious villains of all because their purpose is never clear.
- Through other nefarious means, the spammer has also built up a list of email addresses.
- I don't know if this was because she was just trying to be unobtrusive, or if she thought we were up to some nefarious activity.
- If you are here on a search for nefarious things, I'm afraid I have no nefarious things.
- Such nefarious activity sounds absurd - we are, after all, talking about the theft of objects that exist only on screen.
- They haven't reckoned with the intervention of the French wine Mafia, who kidnap the kid for nefarious purposes.
- Yet he is not cheating in the way most of us understand the term - he is not seeking to gain an advantage by nefarious means.
- Criminals don't carry out their nefarious acts in and around taxis.
- How many people were involved in nefarious activity made the journey?
Synonyms wicked, evil, iniquitous, sinful, vile, foul, monstrous, shocking, outrageous, atrocious, abominable, reprehensible, hateful, detestable, despicable, odious, contemptible, horrible, heinous, execrable, diabolical, diabolic, fiendish, vicious, murderous, barbarous, black, dark, rotten wicked, evil, sinful, iniquitous, villainous, criminal, heinous, atrocious, appalling, abhorrent, vile, foul, base, abominable, odious, depraved, corrupt, shameful, scandalous, monstrous, fiendish, diabolical, devilish, unholy, ungodly, infernal, satanic, dark, unspeakable, despicable, outrageous, shocking, disgraceful
Derivativesadverb nɪˈfɛːrɪəslinəˈfɛriəsli While the flaws may have been discovered and the tools produced through a drive of curiosity, frequently the results of that work are used nefariously by the original authors and others with malicious intent. Example sentencesExamples - I was watching you from my balcony after you took leave of my chambers; I saw a young man jump out, rather nefariously, I must say, from the trees and decided to make sure you had no need of my aid.
- And in some cases, we had folks from out of state who were coming into Utah, getting a Utah driver's license and using it nefariously for identification purposes.
- They will make use of that allegiance and fight viciously to hold on to the power they have so nefariously usurped.
- If somebody did shuffle nefariously off the mortal coil in this film, they did so in a way that escaped my notice completely.
noun nɪˈfɛːrɪəsnəsnəˈfɛriəsnəs Maybe it's the way one of the ‘kidnappers’ gets up close to the girl's head and casually explains, in a voice maximized for cold-blooded nefariousness, ‘You are being buried alive.’ Example sentencesExamples - In essence, seeking protection for sources whose nefariousness he himself exposed, Cooper asks us to protect criminal leaks so that he can write about the crime. The greater public interest lies in preventing the leak to begin with.
- Or, just having offices in the same vicinity is not proof of nefariousness.
- He doesn't need to hint at bad-boy nefariousness to make up for shortfalls in the talent department.
- At first Nietzsche joined in the Jew-baiting con brio, as one learns from Joachim Köhler's Nietzsche and Wagner: A Lesson in Subjugation, which is short on music and philosophy but indispensable on Wagner's general nefariousness.
OriginEarly 17th century: from Latin nefarius, from nefas, nefar- 'wrong' (from ne- 'not' + fas 'divine law') + -ous. RhymesAquarius, calcareous, Darius, denarius, gregarious, hilarious, multifarious, omnifarious, precarious, Sagittarius, senarius, Stradivarius, temerarious, various, vicarious Definition of nefarious in US English: nefariousadjectivenəˈfɛriəsnəˈferēəs (typically of an action or activity) wicked or criminal. （尤指动作或行为）恶毒的，邪恶的，罪恶的 the nefarious activities of the organized-crime syndicates 有组织犯罪的辛迪加的罪恶行径。 Example sentencesExamples - All this does is make celebrities out of these crooks and encourages them to continue with their nefarious activities.
- If you are here on a search for nefarious things, I'm afraid I have no nefarious things.
- They are the most nefarious villains of all because their purpose is never clear.
- It is not a pretty wreck but its nefarious history makes it intriguing.
- It was just a rock known for nefarious activities that took place there.
- I know I sure wouldn't like to meet such dangerous and nefarious characters down a dark alleyway.
- I don't know if this was because she was just trying to be unobtrusive, or if she thought we were up to some nefarious activity.
- Concerned good citizens who think they may have discovered some nefarious doings should email the anti piracy team here.
- Through other nefarious means, the spammer has also built up a list of email addresses.
- They hit us where it hurts and do their damnedest to sell us products we neither want nor need in all manner of nefarious ways.
- She was also known for her escapades as a spy and for her various other nefarious activities.
- It is supported in its nefarious activities by a popular press acting as piranhas voraciously feeding on the shreds that remain.
- Al is hunting for Beta, a master criminal who makes illegal dittos of famous people for nefarious purposes.
- Criminals don't carry out their nefarious acts in and around taxis.
- Yet he is not cheating in the way most of us understand the term - he is not seeking to gain an advantage by nefarious means.
- For that, social introspection is required at all levels to identify the root causes of such nefarious crimes.
- They haven't reckoned with the intervention of the French wine Mafia, who kidnap the kid for nefarious purposes.
- Also I was told that wizards keep ghosts for their nefarious activities.
- Such nefarious activity sounds absurd - we are, after all, talking about the theft of objects that exist only on screen.
- How many people were involved in nefarious activity made the journey?
Synonyms wicked, evil, iniquitous, sinful, vile, foul, monstrous, shocking, outrageous, atrocious, abominable, reprehensible, hateful, detestable, despicable, odious, contemptible, horrible, heinous, execrable, diabolical, diabolic, fiendish, vicious, murderous, barbarous, black, dark, rotten wicked, evil, sinful, iniquitous, villainous, criminal, heinous, atrocious, appalling, abhorrent, vile, foul, base, abominable, odious, depraved, corrupt, shameful, scandalous, monstrous, fiendish, diabolical, devilish, unholy, ungodly, infernal, satanic, dark, unspeakable, despicable, outrageous, shocking, disgraceful
OriginEarly 17th century: from Latin nefarius, from nefas, nefar- ‘wrong’ (from ne- ‘not’ + fas ‘divine law’) + -ous. |