evildoer

See also: evil-doer

English

Alternative forms

evil-doer

Etymology

evil +‎ doer

Noun

evildoer (plural evildoers)

A person who performs evil acts.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New. Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues: & with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Reuised, by His Maiesties Speciall Comandement. Appointed to be Read in Churches (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, printer to the Kings Most Excellent Maiestie, OCLC 964384981, Psalms 37:1:
  Fret not thy ſelfe becauſe of euill doers, neither bee thou enuious againſt the workers of iniquitie.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:villain

Translations

person who performs evil acts

Bulgarian: злоде́й (bg) m (zlodéj)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 壞分子 (zh), 坏分子 (zh) (huàifènzi), 壞人 (zh), 坏人 (zh) (huàirén)
Dutch: overtreder (nl) m
Finnish: pahantekijä, pahis (fi)
French: malfaiteur (fr) m, méchant (fr) m
Georgian: ბოროტმოქმედი (boroṭmokmedi)
German: Übeltäter (de) m, Frevler (de) m
Icelandic: illvirki (is) m
Irish: ainbheartach m
Italian: malfattore (it) m

Japanese: 悪人 (ja) (あくにん, akunin, わろびと, warubito), 邪悪な人 (jaakuna hito)
Korean: 나쁜 짓을 하는 사람 (nappeun jiseul haneun saram), 악인 (ko) (agin)
Ngazidja Comorian: mfasiki class 1/2
Polish: złoczyńca (pl) m
Portuguese: malfeitor (pt) m
Russian: злоумы́шленник (ru) m (zloumýšlennik)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: paduch m
Spanish: malhechor (es) m, malhechora (es) f
Swahili: mpotovu class 1/2
Telugu: దోషకారి (te) (dōṣakāri)

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