wicked

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: wick‧ed

adjective 1

• enPR: wĭkʹĭd, IPA ^(key): /ˈwɪkɪd/
• SAMPA: /"wIkId/

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verb, adjective 2 (not comparable))

• enPR: wĭkt, IPA ^(key): /wɪkt/
• SAMPA: /wIkt/

Adjective

Positive wicked

Comparative wickeder

Superlative wickedest

Positive wicked

Comparative more wicked

Superlative most wicked

1. If you are wicked you often do evil things. More than that, a wicked person enjoys evil.

   The wicked witch terrorized the peasants of the village.

2. A wicked act is something someone does that is very evil.

   He will be punished for his wicked acts.

3. (not comparable) If something is wicked, it has a wick in it.

Verb

Plain form wick

Third-person singular wicks

Past tense wicked

Past participle wicked

Present participle wicking

1. The past tense and past participle of wick.