how to pronounce evil

/ˈiː.vəl/

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evil is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of evil in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… president richard nixon winner the knowledge or evil of congress of the …”

meaning of evil

Evil means morally bad or wrong.

evil frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word evil occurs in english on average 28.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.