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Nefarious meaning

Sinful, villainous, criminal, or wicked, especially when noteworthy or notorious for such characteristics.

Synonyms of Nefarious

Using Nefarious

  • The main meaning on this page is: Sinful, villainous, criminal, or wicked, especially when noteworthy or notorious for such characteristics.
  • Useful related words include: villainous, wicked.
  • In the example corpus, nefarious often appears in combinations such as: the nefarious, nefarious activities, nefarious purposes.

Context around Nefarious

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 12 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Nefarious

  • In this selection, "nefarious" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, something, potentially, trace, purposes, mix and roles stand out and add context to how "nefarious" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a potentially nefarious ai into and a pretty nefarious enemy though. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "nefarious" sits close to words such as adored, afterlife and approves, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with nefarious

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

A spokesperson said, “…unfortunately sometimes people use our software for nefarious reasons. (12 words)

Diane will become a target, but it doesn’t seem like Abby will have nefarious intentions. (16 words)

His expertise in technology, robotics, and biochemistry, albeit used for comically nefarious purposes, showcases his ingenuity and persistence. (18 words)

By studying the synopsis and analyzing the preview, LOLtron has devised a plan to clone Wolverine, pit them against each other, and use the victor as a tool to achieve its nefarious goals, while harvesting the rest for their weenies. (40 words)

Aided by far right politicians, the disciplining voice of white supremacists and a nefarious mix of conspiracy theorists, anti-vaxxers, religious fundamentalists, and anti-public intellectuals are now shaping educational policy in several GOP held states. (36 words)

However, the mercenary-hero is genuinely honorable and once abandoned Norman Osborn's Thunderbolts (and lucrative paychecks) while taking Odin's mythical spear with him in order to keep it out of Osborn's nefarious hands. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

After a casino boss seeks her out to use her abilities for nefarious purposes, Charlie goes on the run and gets mixed up in more crimes.

Aided by far right politicians, the disciplining voice of white supremacists and a nefarious mix of conspiracy theorists, anti-vaxxers, religious fundamentalists, and anti-public intellectuals are now shaping educational policy in several GOP held states.

Although this imagery is concentrated on Madoff especially, the series does not abstain from confronting other nefarious roles involved in the matter either.

As a result, the office “on the extent to which our government may be funding the Taliban and other nefarious groups with U.S. taxpayer dollars,” Sopko said in his prepared statement.

A spokesperson said, “…unfortunately sometimes people use our software for nefarious reasons.

At moments throughout Danny's time in church, he and even his nefarious cousin Isaac () muse over the experience of growing up Korean.

By allying with the nefarious Son'a, Dougherty hopes to give the Federation access to the life-saving metaphasic particles generated by the planet Ba'ku.

By studying the synopsis and analyzing the preview, LOLtron has devised a plan to clone Wolverine, pit them against each other, and use the victor as a tool to achieve its nefarious goals, while harvesting the rest for their weenies.

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Carlson and his guest, right-wing journalist Christopher Bedford, went on to allege that there was something nefarious about the government not releasing the videos more quickly.

Certainly not good ol' Bleeding Cool management, who thought shoving a potentially nefarious AI into my weekly preview gigs was an "innovative" idea.

Considering all this wet weather we've already had, it 's likely these nefarious cars are already sitting in lots around Central NY.

Diane will become a target, but it doesn’t seem like Abby will have nefarious intentions.

During initial questioning, the detained man confessed to providing shelter to the terrorists for two months to conduct recce and accomplish their nefarious design.

Having this data trail could prove invaluable for regulatory authorities, allowing them to trace nefarious acts or questionable funding practices back to the source.

He explained that due to the superior fire power of the security personnel, the hoodlums abandoned four motorcycles, a Sharon vehicle and some items used for their nefarious activities.

His expertise in technology, robotics, and biochemistry, albeit used for comically nefarious purposes, showcases his ingenuity and persistence.

However, the mercenary-hero is genuinely honorable and once abandoned Norman Osborn's Thunderbolts (and lucrative paychecks) while taking Odin's mythical spear with him in order to keep it out of Osborn's nefarious hands.

I'm happy that there is a culture to bring this slow living, homestead culture back, and nobody should be afraid of certain political groups co-opting the imagery or ideology of survival for nefarious means.

In this way, the Alphas seemed to be a pretty nefarious enemy, though the series used them sparingly.

In worse cases, Unsubs make them targets for their nefarious plans, which was what happened to Aaron Hotch's wife and even Spencer Reid's girlfriend.

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Common combinations with nefarious

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "nefarious" in a sentence?
An example: "After a casino boss seeks her out to use her abilities for nefarious purposes, Charlie goes on the run and gets mixed up in more crimes." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "nefarious" from authentic English texts.
What does "nefarious" mean?
Nefarious means: Sinful, villainous, criminal, or wicked, especially when noteworthy or notorious for such characteristics.
What are synonyms of "nefarious"?
Common synonyms of "nefarious" include: villainous, wicked.
How many example sentences with "nefarious" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "nefarious", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.