evil-doer

IPA/ˈiːvl duːə(r)/
IPA/ˈiːvl duːər/

evil-doer — noun

1. someone who commits cruel or harmful acts, especially deliberately and repeatedl

1.名詞B2
釋義

someone who commits cruel or harmful acts, especially deliberately and repeatedly

例句

Sahil refused to believe that his uncle was an evil-doer.

The villagers finally drove the evil-doer out of their town.

driven out of [place] — common narrative collocation

同義詞
  • villain

    more common in everyday speech; often used for fictional characters

  • wrongdoer

    broader and milder — covers minor rule-breaking, not only serious evil

  • criminal

    strictly legal — someone who has broken the law, without moral judgment

  • malefactor

    very formal and rare; found mostly in legal or old literary texts

反義詞
  • hero

    someone admired for brave or good deeds

  • do-gooder

    informal, sometimes mocking — someone who tries to help but can be annoying

  • saint

    someone of exceptional moral goodness, often used exaggeratively

用法筆記

A somewhat old-fashioned or literary word; in everyday speech, people more often say 'villain' or 'criminal.'

常見錯誤

❌He is an evildoer.
✅He is an evil-doer.
💡the standard spelling uses a hyphen.
❌She called him evil doer.
✅She called him an evil-doer.
💡the word is hyphenated and requires an article.