Definition of "wicked" []

• Evil by nature and in practice: "this wicked man Hitler, the repository and embodiment of many forms of soul-destroying hatred” ( Winston S. Churchill). (adjective)
• Playfully malicious or mischievous: a wicked prank; a critic's wicked wit. (adjective)
• Severe and distressing: a wicked cough; a wicked gash; wicked driving conditions. (adjective)
• Highly offensive; obnoxious: a wicked stench. (adjective)
• Slang Strikingly good, effective, or skillful: a wicked curve ball; a wicked imitation. (adjective)

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• "Oh! she's a wicked woman, she is, a _wicked_ woman, a _very_ wicked woman; she's got some of my things because I'm behind-hand in my rent, and she says she won't give them up; but she _shall_."
• "I couldn't see what Brian had ever done to deserve such a fate as his, and I began to feel wicked, _wicked_."
• ""Now you tread on dangerous ground, wicked one -- _wicked_!"