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NEFARIOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nefarious mean?
• NEFARIOUS (adjective)
The adjective NEFARIOUS has 1 sense:
1. extremely wicked
Familiarity information: NEFARIOUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extremely wicked
Synonyms:
nefarious; villainous
Context example:
a villainous band of thieves
Similar:
wicked (morally bad in principle or practice)
Derivation:
nefariousness (the quality of being wicked)
Context examples
If he met it in some nefarious enterprise her lips might be sealed.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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