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# wicked

«wicked» in Mova's school dictionary: **very bad, evil or cruel: «the wicked witch»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (wicked, more wicked or wickeder, most wicked or wickedest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Wicked means very bad, evil or cruel: «the wicked witch». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wicked/#m1)

2) Wicked can mean naughty in a playful way: «a wicked grin», «a wicked sense of humour». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wicked/#m2)

3) In slang, especially in the UK, wicked means excellent or very good: «That's wicked!». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wicked/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In fairy tales and stories, «wicked» describes villains: the wicked stepmother, the wicked witch, the Wicked Witch of the West. In everyday slang, «wicked!» means «brilliant!» — the meaning depends on context. In lessons on right and wrong, «wicked» is a strong word for very bad acts. Phrases: «the wicked witch», «a wicked grin», «no rest for the wicked».

### examples

- The wicked witch cast a spell on the princess. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wicked/#x1)
- The wicked stepmother made Cinderella work all day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wicked/#x2)
- He gave me a wicked grin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wicked/#x3)
- Your new skateboard is wicked! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wicked/#x4)
- Hurting animals is a wicked thing to do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wicked/#x5)
- She has a wicked sense of humour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wicked/#x6)
- That was a wicked goal! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wicked/#x7)
- Wicked deeds will not stay hid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wicked/#x8)

### note

Said with two syllables: «WIK-id» (not like «picked»). Slang «wicked» = great; check the context. Fairy-tale «wicked stepmothers» are a story trope — real step-parents are often kind.

### In the corpora

- [The book's animals are characters in a story; real weasels and foxes are not wicked, they just hunt to eat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/26-willows-ch1-part2-the-river-and-the-wild-wood/27/)
- ["Sus" is short for suspicious; in New England "wicked" means very.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/42-building-tension-and-suspense/17/)
- [Very young children still mix up wishing, pretending and what really happened, so their tall tales are imagination, not wicked lies.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/195-why-people-lie/17/)
- [Tank isn't wicked.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/456-the-bulldog-next-door-who-never-likes-you/5/)
- [«It's wicked annoying,» Ana says («wicked» means very, in New England).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/522-adoption/26/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «wicked» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wicked/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.