NEFARIOUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nefariousness mean? 

• NEFARIOUSNESS (noun)
  The noun NEFARIOUSNESS has 1 sense:

1. the quality of being wicked

  Familiarity information: NEFARIOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEFARIOUSNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being wicked

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

nefariousness; ugliness; vileness; wickedness

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)