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NEFARIOUSNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
nefariousness; ugliness; vileness; wickedness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("nefariousness" is a kind of...):
evil; evilness (the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nefariousness"):
filthiness (moral corruption or pollution)
enormity (the quality of extreme wickedness)
Derivation:
nefarious (extremely wicked)