evil

邪悪な、悪い

善悪の考えに大きく反するほど、悪く残酷な。

やさしい英語で： Very bad and cruel in a way that seriously breaks ideas of right and wrong.

• The story has an evil king.
• They punished him for his evil deeds.
• Can an evil person ever change?

類義語： wicked, bad

反対語： good

よく使う表現： an evil person, evil deeds, truly evil

悪意のある

他人を傷つけようとする気持ちや計画がある。

やさしい英語で： Wanting or planning to hurt other people.

• He had evil intentions.
• The guards discovered an evil plot to poison the queen.
• She gave an evil smile as she planned her revenge.

類義語： malicious, malevolent

反対語： benevolent

よく使う表現： evil intentions, an evil plot, an evil plan

悪、邪悪さ

ひどく悪いことや残酷であること。

やさしい英語で： The quality of being deeply bad or cruel.

• His heart was full of evil.
• The book explores the evil in human nature.
• She described his cruelty as pure evil.

類義語： wickedness, badness, malevolence

反対語： goodness

よく使う表現： good and evil, pure evil, full of evil, human evil

害悪、災い

害や苦しみ、深刻な問題を引き起こすもの。

やさしい英語で： Something that causes harm, suffering, or serious problems.

• They chose the lesser evil.
• The report describes the evils of poverty.
• He considers paperwork a necessary evil.

類義語： harm, ill, affliction

よく使う表現： a necessary evil, the lesser evil, evil of war

邪悪な力、悪

悪い出来事を起こし、善に敵対すると信じられている強い霊的な力。

やさしい英語で： A powerful spiritual force believed to cause bad things and oppose goodness.

• The charm protects against evil.
• The heroes fought the forces of evil.
• They believed an ancient evil lived beneath the castle.

類義語： darkness

反対語： good

よく使う表現： forces of evil, protect against evil, fight evil