evildoer

See also: evil-doer

English

Alternative forms

• evil-doer

Etymology

From Middle English yvel doer; equivalent to evil +‎ doer.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈiːvəlˌduːə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈivəlˌduːɚ/

Noun

evildoer (plural evildoers)

1. A person who performs evil acts.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 37:1:

     Fret not thy ſelfe becauſe of euill doers, neither bee thou enuious againſt the workers of iniquitie.

   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

     "But gallantly they fought. Oh Hiya! they fought like very men, and slew many, and held their own, and then I came and saved them, and the evildoers have I sent on hither to Kôr to be judged of thy greatness, oh She! and here they are."

   • 1944, H. Lorna Bingham, Tuckonie's Warrior Friend, page 29, column 2:

     "Come out, Noongah, you evil doer! It is I, Gulunna the warrior, returned!"

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:villain

Antonyms

• do-gooder, benefactor, welldoer

Translations

person who performs evil acts

• Albanian: keqbërës (sq)
• Basque: gaizkile
• Belarusian: злачы́нец m (zlačýnjec)
• Bulgarian: злоде́й (bg) m (zlodéj)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 壞分子／坏分子 (zh) (huàifènzi), 壞人／坏人 (zh) (huàirén)

• Czech: pachatel (cs) m, pachatelka f
• Dutch: overtreder (nl) m,slechterik (nl) m
• Esperanto: fiulo (eo), malbonfaranto
• Finnish: pahantekijä, pahis (fi)
• French: malfaiteur (fr) m, malfaitrice (fr) f, méchant (fr) m, méchante (fr) f
• Galician: malfeitor (gl)
• Georgian: ბოროტმოქმედი (boroṭmokmedi)
• German: Übeltäter (de) m, Übeltäterin (de) f, Frevler (de) m, Frevlerin f
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌾𐌰 m (waidēdja)
• Greek:

  Ancient: κακοῦργος m (kakoûrgos), κακοποιός m (kakopoiós)

• Icelandic: illvirki (is) m
• Ingrian: pahantekijä, pilluri
• Irish: ainbheartach m
• Italian: malfattore (it) m
• Japanese: 悪人 (ja) (あくにん, akunin, わろびと, warubito), 邪悪な人 (じゃあくなひと, jaaku na hito), 姦人 (ja) (かんじん, kanjin)
• Korean: 나쁜 짓을 하는 사람 (nappeun jis-eul haneun saram), 악인(惡人) (ko) (agin)
• Latin: maleficus m, malefactor m
• Latvian: ļaundaris m
• Macedonian: злотвор m (zlotvor)
• Middle English: yvel doer
• Ngazidja Comorian: mfasiki class 1/2
• Polish: złoczyńca (pl) m
• Portuguese: malfeitor (pt) m
• Russian: злоумы́шленник (ru) m (zloumýšlennik), злоумы́шленница (ru) f (zloumýšlennica)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: зло̏твор m

  Roman: zlȍtvor (sh) m

• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: paduch m

• Spanish: malhechor (es) m, malhechora (es) f
• Swahili: mpotovu class 1/2
• Telugu: దోషకారి (te) (dōṣakāri)
• Tocharian B: yolo-yāmi
• Ukrainian: злочи́нець m (zločýnecʹ)

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