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adjective
- 1. (typically of an action or activity) wicked or criminal: "the nefarious activities of the organized-crime syndicates"
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Nefarious means flagrantly wicked or impious, or evil. It comes from the Latin word nefas, meaning "crime" or "divine law". See synonyms, examples, word history, and related articles.
Nefarious means morally bad, especially of activities. Learn more about its usage, pronunciation and translations in different languages.
Nefarious means morally bad, especially of activities. Learn how to use this formal adjective in sentences and find synonyms and related words.
Nefarious definition: extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous. See examples of NEFARIOUS used in a sentence.
Describe a person's actions as nefarious if they are evil or wicked. Batman and Superman are always fighting evildoers and stopping their nefarious plots. Nefarious comes from the Latin nefas "crime, impiety."
Definition of nefarious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Nefarious means wicked and immoral, often used in a literary context. Learn the synonyms, pronunciation, word origin and usage of nefarious with sentences from The Guardian and Times.
