evildoer - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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• evil-doer

From Middle English yvel doer; equivalent to evil +‎ doer.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈiːvəlˌduːə/
• (General American) IPA(key): /ˈivəlˌduːɚ/

evildoer (plural evildoers)

1. A person who performs evil acts.
   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
     "But gallantly they fought. Oh Hiya! they fought like very men, and slew many, and held their own, and then I came and saved them, and the evildoers have I sent on hither to Kôr to be judged of thy greatness, oh She! and here they are."
   • 1944, H. Lorna Bingham, Tuckonie's Warrior Friend, page 29, column 2:
     "Come out, Noongah, you evil doer! It is I, Gulunna the warrior, returned!"

• See also Thesaurus:villain
• do-gooder, benefactor, welldoer

person who performs evil acts

• Albanian: keqbërës (sq)

• Basque: gaizkile

• Belarusian: злачы́нец m (zlačýnjec)

• Bulgarian: злоде́й (bg) m (zlodéj)

• Chinese:
  Mandarin: 壞分子 / 坏分子 (zh) (huàifènzi), 壞人 / 坏人 (zh) (huàirén)

• Comorian:
  Ngazidja Comorian: mfasiki class 1/2

• Czech: pachatel (cs) m, pachatelka f

• Dutch: overtreder (nl) m, slechterik (nl) m

• Esperanto: fiulo (eo), malbonfaranto

• Finnish: pahantekijä (fi), pahis (fi)

• French: malfaiteur (fr) m, malfaitrice (fr) f, méchant (fr) m, méchante (fr) f

• Galician: malfeitor (gl)

• Georgian: ბოროტმოქმედი (boroṭmokmedi)

• German: Übeltäter (de) m, Übeltäterin (de) f, Frevler (de) m, Frevlerin f

• Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌾𐌰 m (waidēdja)

• Greek:
  Ancient Greek: κακοῦργος m (kakoûrgos), κακοποιός m (kakopoiós)

• Hindi: कुकर्मी (hi) m (kukarmī), पापी (hi) m (pāpī)

• Icelandic: illvirki (is) m

• Ingrian: pahantekijä, pilluri

• Irish: ainbheartach m

• Italian: malfattore (it) m

• Japanese: 悪人 (ja) (あくにん, akunin, わろびと, warubito), 邪悪な人 (じゃあくなひと, jaaku na hito), 姦人 (ja) (かんじん, kanjin)

• Korean: 나쁜 짓을 하는 사람 (nappeun jis-eul haneun saram), 악인(惡人) (ko) (agin)

• Latin: maleficus m, malefactor m

• Latvian: ļaundaris m

• Macedonian: злотвор m (zlotvor)

• Middle English: yvel doer

• Polish: złoczyńca (pl) m

• Portuguese: malfeitor (pt) m, malfeitora (pt) f

• Russian: злоумы́шленник (ru) m (zloumýšlennik), злоумы́шленница (ru) f (zloumýšlennica)

• Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: зло̏твор m
  Latin: zlȍtvor (sh) m

• Sorbian:
  Lower Sorbian: paduch m

• Spanish: malhechor (es) m, malhechora (es) f, malfechor m (disused), facineroso (es) m, maleante (es) m or f

• Swahili: mpotovu (sw) class 1/2

• Telugu: దోషకారి (te) (dōṣakāri)

• Tocharian B: yolo-yāmi

• Ukrainian: злочи́нець m (zločýnecʹ)

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