1. Morally bad in principle or practice
   "The wicked stepmother mistreated Cinderella"
    
2. Having committed unrighteous acts
   "a wicked person";
   - sinful, unholy
    
3. [informal] Intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
   "under wicked fire from the enemy's guns"; "a wicked cough";
   - severe, terrible
    
4. Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
   "the town's wicked smell was from the factory nearby";
   - disgusting, disgustful [archaic], foul, loathly [literary], loathsome, repellent, repellant, revolting, yucky [informal], gross-out [informal], loathful [archaic], yukky [informal], sickening, nauseating, vile
    
5. [informal] Naughtily or annoyingly playful
   "a wicked prank";
   - arch, impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish, scampish [rare], pixillated
    
6. [slang] Of the highest quality, skill, etc.; very good or impressive
   "a wicked reporter";
   - ace [informal], A-one [informal], crack [informal], first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch [informal], top-notch [informal], tops [informal], A1 [informal], top-class, gnarly [N. Amer, informal], excellent, first-class, fantabulous [informal], splendid, ripping [Brit, archaic, informal], mean [informal], outstanding, lush [Brit, informal], brilliant, beezer [UK, archaic], stellar [informal], awesome [informal], top-drawer, dope [N. Amer, informal], socko [N. Amer, informal], righteous [US, slang], fab [Brit, informal], crucial [slang], rad [N. Amer, slang], radical [N. Amer, slang], nang [Brit, slang], phat [slang], legit [US, slang], awesomesauce [informal], amazeballs [informal], beaut [Austral, NZ, informal], lit [US, slang], storming [Brit, informal], blinding [Brit, slang], stonking [Brit, informal], brill [Brit, informal], cushty [Brit, informal], def [slang], magic [Brit, slang], smokin' [slang], smoking [slang], sick [N. Amer, slang]

1. Expression of enthusiasm
   - whacko [Brit, slang]

Derived forms: wickedest, wickeder

See also: distasteful, evil, facinorous [archaic], flagitious, gut-wrenching, heavy, heinous, immoral, impious, iniquitous, intense, irreclaimable, irredeemable, ludic [formal], nefarious, offensive, peccable, peccant, playful, sinful, super-duper [informal], superior, ungodly, unredeemable, unreformable, unrighteous, unsavory [US], unsavoury [Brit, Cdn], vicious, villainous, wrong

Antonym: virtuous

Encyclopedia: Wicked, Wicked