Dictionary Definition
nefarious adj : extremely wicked; "nefarious
schemes"; "a villainous plot"; "a villainous band of thieves" [syn:
villainous]
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Pronunciation
ne*fa"ri*ous- Rhymes with: -ɛəriəs
Adjective
Derived terms
Translations
infamous for being wicked
- German: ruchlos
- Russian: бесчестный; нечестный, низкий; гнусный, мерзкий, подлый
Extensive Definition
Nefarious may refer to:
- Someone or something that is infamous for being wicked
- Dr. Nefarious, a character in the Ratchet and Clank universe
- Doctor Nefarious Tropy, a fictional character from Crash Bandicoot
- Nefarious, a metal band
- Nefarious, the bassist and vocalist for the band Macabre
- Count Nefarious, a character in Toonstruck
- "Nefarious", a song by Spoon from their 1996 album Telephono
- Nefarious Clothing located in Norco CA
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abject,
abominable, arrant, atrocious, awful, bad, base, beastly, beggarly, beneath contempt,
black, blamable, blameworthy, brutal, cheesy, contemptible, corrupt, criminal, crummy, damnable, dark, debased, degenerate, degraded, deplorable, depraved, despicable, detestable, dire, dirty, disgraceful, disgusting, dreadful, egregious, enormous, evil, execrable, fetid, filthy, flagitious, flagrant, foul, fulsome, glaring, grave, grievous, gross, hateful, heinous, horrible, horrid, improper, infamous, iniquitous, knavish, lamentable, little, loathsome, lousy, low, low-down, lumpen, mangy, mean, measly, miscreant, miserable, monstrous, nasty, naughty, noisome, notorious, obnoxious, odious, offensive, outrageous, paltry, peccant, perverse, petty, pitiable, pitiful, poky, poor, putrid, rank, regrettable, reprehensible, reprobate, reptilian, repulsive, rotten, sad, scabby, scandalous, schlock, scrubby, scruffy, scummy, scurvy, shabby, shameful, shocking, shoddy, sinful, small, sordid, squalid, terrible, too bad, unclean, unforgivable, unmentionable, unpardonable, unspeakable, unworthy, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, woeful, worst, worthless, wretched, wrong