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"evil" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often wicked (6 letters).
Definitions
having or exerting a malignant influence
Word origin
From Middle English yvel, evel, ivel, uvel, from Old English yfel, from Proto-West Germanic *ubil, from Proto-Germanic *ubilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂up(h₁)élos, a deverbal derivative of *h₂wep(h₁)-, *h₂wop(h₁)- (“treat badly”). See -le for the supposed suffix.
Used in a sentence
“an evil plot to brainwash and even kill innocent people”
“For a good while the Miss Brownings were kept in ignorance of the evil tongues that whispered hard words about Molly.”
“He looked at her shapely person with something of the brazen and evil glance that had been so revolting to her in the eyes of those ruffians.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Deeply bad”4 letters
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