A good tree can not bring forth evil fruit. Matt. vii. 18.

Ah, what a sign it is of evil life,
When death's approach is seen so terrible. Shak.

Because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel. Deut. xxii. 19.

The owl shrieked at thy birth -- an evil sign. Shak.

Evil news rides post, while good news baits. Milton.

Evil eye, an eye which inflicts injury by some magical or fascinating influence. It is still believed by the ignorant and superstitious that some persons have the supernatural power of injuring by a look.

It almost led him to believe in the evil eye. J. H. Newman.

-- Evil speaking, speaking ill of others; calumny; censoriousness. -- The evil one, the Devil; Satan.

* Evil is sometimes written as the first part of a compound (with or without a hyphen). In many cases the compounding need not be insisted on. Examples: Evil doer or evildoer, evil speaking or evil-speaking, evil worker, evil wishing, evil-hearted, evil-minded.

Syn. -- Mischieveous; pernicious; injurious; hurtful; destructive; wicked; sinful; bad; corrupt; perverse; wrong; vicious; calamitous.

Evils which our own misdeeds have wrought. Milton.

The evil that men do lives after them. Shak.

The heart of the sons of men is full of evil. Eccl. ix. 3.

He [Edward the Confessor] was the first that touched for the evil. Addison.

It went evil with his house. 1 Chron. vii. 23.

The Egyptians evil entreated us, and affected us. Deut. xxvi. 6.