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Nefarious

Nefarious Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Nefarious?
[adj] extremely wicked; "nefarious schemes"; "a villainous plot"; "a villainous band of thieves"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Nefarious: villainous | wicked Related Terms | Find terms related to Nefarious: abject | abominable | arrant | atrocious | awful | bad | base | beastly | beggarly | beneath contempt | black | blamable | blameworthy | brutal | cheesy | contemptible | corrupt | criminal | crummy | damnable | dark | debased | degenerate | degraded | deplorable | depraved | despicable | detestable | dire | dirty | disgraceful | disgusting | dreadful | egregious | enormous | evil | execrable | fetid | filthy | flagitious | flagrant | foul | fulsome | glaring | grave | grievous | gross | hateful | heinous | horrible | horrid | improper | infamous | iniquitous | knavish | lamentable | little | loathsome | lousy | low | low-down | lumpen | mangy | mean | measly | miscreant | miserable | monstrous | nasty | naughty | noisome | notorious | obnoxious | odious | offensive | outrageous | paltry | peccant | perverse | petty | pitiable | pitiful | poky | poor | putrid | rank | regrettable | reprehensible | reprobate | reptilian | repulsive | rotten | sad | scabby | scandalous | schlock | scrubby | scruffy | scummy | scurvy | shabby | shameful | shocking | shoddy | sinful | small | sordid | squalid | terrible | too bad | unclean | unforgivable | unmentionable | unpardonable | unspeakable | unworthy | vicious | vile | villainous | wicked | woeful | worst | worthless | wretched | wrong See Also | Nefarious In Webster's Dictionary \Ne*fa"ri*ous\, a. [L. nefarius, fr. nefas crime,
wrong; ne not + fas divine law; akin to fari to speak. See
{No}, adv., and {Fate}.]
Wicked in the extreme; abominable; iniquitous; atrociously
villainous; execrable; detestably vile.
Syn: Iniquitous; detestable; horrible; heinious; atrocious;
infamous; impious. See {Iniquitous}. --
{Ne*fa"ri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Ne*fa"ri*ous*ness}, n.
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