1. the quality or state of being evil; wickedness or moral badness

Examples

• The evilness of the dictator’s actions shocked the world.
• She couldn’t understand the evilness that drove people to commit such crimes.
• The story explored the evilness lurking beneath the character’s charming exterior.
• His evilness was evident in the way he treated innocent people.
• The movie portrayed the gradual transformation from innocence to evilness.
• Many philosophers have debated the nature of evilness in human beings.