English-Thai Dictionary

nefarious

ADJ เลว มาก  ชั่วร้าย  ต่ำทราม  villainous virtuous leo-mak

 

nefariously

ADV อย่าง เลวร้าย  อย่าง ร้ายกาจ  yang-leo-rai

 

nefariousness

N ความ เลวร้าย  ความร้าย กา จ  kwam-leo-rai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NEFARIOUSLY

adv. With extreme wickedness; abominably.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NEFARIOUS

Ne *fa "ri *ous, a. Etym: [L. nefarius, fr. nefas crime, wrong; ne not +fas divine law; akin to fari to speak. See No, adv. , and Fate. ]

 

Defn: Wicked in the extreme; abominable; iniquitous; atrociously villainous; execrable; detestably vile.

 

Syn. -- Iniquitous; detestable; horrible; heinious; atrocious; infamous; impious. See Iniquitous. -- Ne *fa "ri *ous *ly, adv. -- Ne *fa "ri *ous *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

nefarious

ne far i ous |niˈfe (ə )rēəs nəˈfɛriəs | ▶adjective (typically of an action or activity ) wicked or criminal: the nefarious activities of the organized-crime syndicates. DERIVATIVES ne far i ous ly adverb, ne far i ous ness noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin nefarius, from nefas, nefar- ‘wrong ’ (from ne- ‘not ’ + fas ‘divine law ’) + -ous .

 

Oxford Dictionary

nefarious

nefarious |nɪˈfɛːrɪəs | ▶adjective (typically of an action or activity ) wicked or criminal: the nefarious activities of the organized-crime syndicates. DERIVATIVES nefariously adverb, nefariousness noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin nefarius, from nefas, nefar- ‘wrong ’ (from ne- ‘not ’ + fas ‘divine law ’) + -ous .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

nefarious

nefarious adjective the nefarious long-lost brother returns to steal Iris's inheritance: wicked, evil, sinful, iniquitous, egregious, heinous, atrocious, vile, foul, abominable, odious, depraved, monstrous, fiendish, diabolical, unspeakable, despicable; villainous, criminal, corrupt, illegal, unlawful; dated dastardly. ANTONYMS good.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

nefarious

nefarious adjective the nefarious activities of the bodysnatchers. See villainous.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

nefarious

ne far i ous /nɪfé ə riəs /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠極悪の, 非道の, 無法な .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞