evildoer

See also: evil-doer

English

Alternative forms

evil-doer

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈiːvəlˌduːə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈivəlˌduːɚ/

Noun

evildoer (plural evildoers)

A person who performs evil acts.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 37:1:
  Fret not thy ſelfe becauſe of euill doers, neither bee thou enuious againſt the workers of iniquitie.
- 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!"

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:villain

Antonyms

do-gooder, benefactor, welldoer

Translations

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)
Czech: pachatel (cs) m, pachatelka f
Dutch: overtreder (nl) m,slechterik (nl) m
Esperanto: fiulo (eo), malbonfaranto
Finnish: pahantekijä, 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: κακοῦργος m (kakoûrgos), κακοποιός m (kakopoiós)
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 짓 을 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
Ngazidja Comorian: mfasiki class 1/2
Polish: złoczyńca (pl) m
Portuguese: malfeitor (pt) m
Russian: злоумы́шленник (ru) m (zloumýšlennik), злоумы́шленница (ru) f (zloumýšlennica)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: зло̏твор m

Roman: zlȍtvor (sh) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: paduch m
Spanish: malhechor (es) m, malhechora (es) f
Swahili: mpotovu class 1/2
Telugu: దోషకారి (te) (dōṣakāri)
Tocharian B: yolo-yāmi
Ukrainian: злочи́нець m (zločýnecʹ)

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