A word for wrongdoing

Noun

An act of committing a crime or offense

The violation of standards of behavior

An extremely wicked or cruel act, typically one involving physical violence or injury

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crime

misconduct

lawbreaking

offense^US

criminality

delinquency

malpractice

misdeed

offence^UK

error

malefaction

sin

transgression

fault

felony

iniquity

malfeasance

misdoing

trespass

vice

wrong

breach

lapse

misbehavior^US

misbehaviour^UK

misdemeanor^US

misdemeanour^UK

peccadillo

violation

criminal act

illegality

tort

disservice

scandal

immoral act

unlawful activity

evil act

infringement

infraction

impropriety

outrage

immorality

mischief

injustice

abuse

debt

villainy

injury

atrocity

evil

wickedness

unlawful act

lawlessness

corruption

dereliction

indiscretion

negligence

unfairness

evildoing

contravention

grievance

sinfulness

unjustness

illegal act

insubordination

unlawfulness

shaft

naughty act

evil-doing

abomination

maltreatment

monkey business

disobedience

failing

inequity

slip

shenanigan

fall from grace

depravity

raw deal

affront

oppression

miscarriage

guilt

racket

dishonesty

caper

culpability

delictum

delict

peccancy

unprofessionalism

act of wickedness

fast one

mischievousness

wrongfulness

crookedness

guiltiness

wrongness

encroachment

hit

railroad

violation of the law

infraction of the law

breach of the law

bad

faux pas

bad behaviour

mortal sin

dirty deal

improper act

misdeeds

job

offences^UK

responsibility

illegitimacy

shadiness

shortcoming

damage

mismanagement

insult

offenses^US

enormity

malversation

unseemliness

disgrace

case

act of dereliction

act of misconduct

breach of conduct

slight

dereliction of duty

unethical behaviour

ill

vileness

naughtiness

breach of ethics

snub

indignity

debasement

desecration

knavery

monstrosity

ruin

sellout

antisocial behavior

detriment

solecism

evil deed

impingement

nefariousness

infamy

impiety

miscue

crying shame

cybercrime

unrighteousness

badness

e-crime

wrongful act

slap in the face

bad deed

unjust act

foul play

bad behavior

indulgence

misdemeanours^UK

omission

perversity

foul

charge

profanity

blasphemy

vandalism

prejudice

misdemeanors^US

break

sneak

shame

veniality

breaking

slipup

sins

faults

turpitude

pity

flouting

suppression

tyranny

repression

clandestineness

illicitness

evil behavior

incompetence

horseplay

shenanigans

incivility

rudeness

indiscipline

unscrupulousness

carelessness

dirty pool

dirty deed

affliction

calamity

moral transgression

blow

catastrophe

manipulation

misuse

arson

rape

robbery

murder

assault

burglary

perniciousness

indecorousness

unprofessional behavior^US

act of evil

bad act

non-observance

professional misconduct

unprofessional behaviour^UK

criminal behavior

erring

evil action

incorrectness

inappropriateness

unkindness

persecution

exploitation

breaking of the law

failure to observe

non-compliance with

harm

misfortune

acting up

wrong use

indelicacy

unacceptability

blame

perversion

failure

sinning

heinousness

baseness

taking advantage

criminal offense

dodginess

rap

irregularity

neglect

mistreatment

foulness

degradation

backsliding

accountability

onus

blameworthiness

answerability

culpableness

liability

obscenity

ungodliness

odiousness

egregiousness

monstrousness

outrageousness

dreadfulness

atrociousness

reprehensibility

ill-treatment

devilry

godlessness

fall

gaffe

miscreancy

mistake

yielding to temptation

original sin

blunder

inequitableness

unreasonableness

inequality

iniquitousness

excess

stigma

miscalculation

travesty of justice

folly

boob

gaff

familiarity

slip-up

barry

bloomer

stumble

hastiness

ingenuousness

simple-mindedness

goof

excitability

gaucherie

naivete

breach of etiquette

indiscreetness

misjudgement

stupidity

thoughtlessness

bumble

unthinkingness

foul-up

screw-up

misspeak

clanger

crudeness

misjudgment

dumb move

foolish mistake

dropping the ball

slip of the tongue

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corruption

wickedness

evil

lawlessness

badness

immorality

sinfulness

villainy

misbehavior^US

misbehaviour^UK

mischief

naughtiness

unethical behaviour

maleficence

malversation

bad behavior

vice

vileness

iniquity

sin

viciousness

wrong

devilry

crookedness

depravity

baseness

delinquency

turpitude

evil-doing

degeneracy

heinousness

peccancy

shadiness

knavery

evilness

unscrupulousness

misconduct

perversion

impiety

dishonesty

deviltry

nefariousness

diablerie

ungodliness

iniquitousness

crime

criminality

devilishness

roguery

rascality

atrocity

fiendishness

peccability

malignity

double-dealing

malevolence

malfeasance

indecency

bad

foulness

unholiness

irreligiousness

godlessness

fraud

offence^UK

irreverence

corruptness

pervertedness

offense^US

dissipation

impiousness

profanity

blasphemy

sacrilegiousness

impurity

deceit

duplicity

transgression

deception

misdeed

malice

evildoing

infamy

impropriety

scumbaggery

dissoluteness

perniciousness

vulgarity

injustice

cruelty

injury

harm

monstrosity

hideousness

diabolicalness

depravedness

enormity

atrociousness

abomination

ill

peccantness

mischief-making

dishonourableness

profligacy

degeneration

wantonness

villainousness

debauchery

perversity

shamelessness

diabolism

licentiousness

dereliction

lewdness

meanness

dissolution

curse

obscenity

looseness

foul play

roguishness

hob

shenanigans

devilment

waggery

waggishness

mischievousness

impishness

cheekiness

tomfoolery

antisocial behavior

evil behavior

cheating

unrighteousness

flagrancy

swindling

imposture

fraudulence

profiteering

venality

fiddling

lawbreaking

extortion

jobbery

subornation

bribery

graft

demoralization^US

fraudulency

bribing

misfeasance

sleaze

shuffle

nepotism

demoralisation^UK

exploitation

racket

payola

shady dealings

palm-greasing

breach of trust

being on the take

dishonest dealings

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atrocity

evil

crime

wrong

offence^UK

outrage

offense^US

abomination

violation

injury

injustice

abuse

villainy

affront

transgression

brutality

obscenity

barbarity

iniquity

cruelty

horror

scandal

malfeasance

violence

tort

ruthlessness

enormity

act of barbarity

act of brutality

act of cruelty

act of savagery

act of wickedness

act of violence

monstrosity

inhumanity

disgrace

barbarism

personality

misdoing

evildoing

mischief

sacrilege

profanation

desecration

inhumane act

awfulness

frightfulness

gruesomeness

ghastliness

horridness

depravity

wickedness

heinousness

dreadfulness

hideousness

viciousness

grisliness

vileness

grievousness

depravedness

wantonness

baseness

savagery

atrociousness

repulsiveness

cruelness

savageness

evilness

diabolicalness

heartlessness

monstrousness

terribleness

nefariousness

rankness

grossness

repugnance

outrageousness

flagrancy

barbarousness

badness

egregiousness

horribleness

flagrance

flagrantness

offensiveness

misery

scariness

severity

fiendishness

fearfulness

hatefulness

sadism

grimness

unpleasantness

hellishness

sinfulness

brutalism

bestiality

nastiness

inhumanness

shockingness

mercilessness

blackness

truculence

terror

turpitude

vice

glaringness

hideosity

loathsomeness

direness

unseemliness

unsightliness

disfigurement

ugliness

horrendousness

foulness

revoltingness

abhorrence

horridity

ferocity

remorselessness

fierceness

seriousness

murderousness

curse

blatancy

black-heartedness

shamefulness

torment

boorishness

vulgarity

crudity

ferociousness

crudeness

bloodthirstiness

ferity

anathema

infamy

plague

bugbear

shame

lawlessness

villainousness

malefaction

villianousness

bane

bête noire

outrageous behavior

eyesore

bother

nuisance

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deviltry

devilry

wickedness

roguery

mischievousness

rascality

shenanigans

diablerie

devilment

roguishness

evil

naughtiness

wrong

sin

iniquity

prankishness

evildoing

trouble

misdeed

devilishment

cruelty

magic

offence^UK

offense^US

witchcraft

witchery

mischief-making

high jinks

black magic

evil magic

mischief

impishness

waggery

waggishness

knavery

devilishness

hob

misbehaviour^UK

misbehavior^US

misconduct

friskiness

sportiveness

playfulness

tomfoolery

frolicsomeness

funny business

monkey business

waywardness

pranks

tricks

tricksiness

larkiness

sportfulness

coltishness

larks

capers

nonsense

jiggery-pokery

hanky-panky

carry-on

carryings-on

goings-on

monkey tricks

badness

perversity

misdemeanour^UK

disobedience

bad behaviour

misdemeanor^US

troublemaking

puckishness

antics

prank

monkey-business

shenanigan

pranksomeness

scampishness

espièglerie

troublesomeness

elfishness

clowning

jesting

joking

buffoonery

indiscipline

delinquency

disruptiveness

wilfulness

awkwardness

acting-up

rudeness

misdeeds

misdemeanours^UK

misdemeanors^US

incivility

disorderly conduct

unprofessional behaviour^UK

unprofessional behavior^US

bad behavior

ungovernability

riotousness

insubordination

uncontrollability

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skeleton in the closet

misconduct

sin

scandal

disgrace

secret

shocker

skeleton in the cupboard

dark secret

dirty little secret

unmentionable thing

shame

injustice

immoral behaviour

turpitude

offense^US

transgression

outrage

shocking incident of events

pity

crying shame

outrageous wrongdoing

-gate

offence^UK

shocking incident

reproach

crime

affair

discreditable behaviour

impropriety

business

outrageous behaviour

skeleton in closet

embarrassment

unethical behaviour

dishonourable behaviour

shocking series of events

affront

insult

discredit

dishonor^US

dishonour^UK

opprobrium

reflection

stigma

brand

blot on the escutcheon of

source of shame

black mark on

black sheep

blemish on

bad reflection on

blot on

stain on

smirch on

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bad

fault

error

mistake

gaffe

screw-up

faux pas

flub

goof

blooper

blunder

boob

boo-boo

failure

flaw

fluff

glitch

howler

misjudgement

misjudgment

slipup

slip-up

transgression

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unscrupulous

dishonest

unprincipled

dishonourable^UK

crooked

shady

underhand

immoral

deceitful

unethical

devious

corrupt

disreputable

cunning

shifty

crafty

fraudulent

guileful

sly

base

untrustworthy

wicked

underhanded

dodgy

evil

slippery

scheming

villainous

unfair

bad

sinful

dishonorable^US

illegal

reprobate

degenerate

questionable

cheating

amoral

ignoble

scandalous

Machiavellian

disgraceful

furtive

unconscionable

improper

perfidious

shameless

unsavory^US

unsavoury^UK

wrongful

roguish

knavish

unworthy

venal

corrupted

cutthroat

mercenary

dastardly

exploitative

conscienceless

recreant

degrading

ruthless

sinister

unconscientious

petty

degraded

arrant

casuistic

selfish

two-faced

low-down

self-seeking

dirty

treacherous

vile

tricky

nefarious

double-dealing

duplicitous

bent

despicable

unlawful

sneaky

wily

iniquitous

criminal

deceptive

dubious

designing

wrong

artful

mean

depraved

contemptible

low

rascally

shameful

rotten

sharp

vicious

calculating

dark

conniving

foul

unrighteous

sordid

slick

ignominious

discreditable

reprehensible

shrewd

foxy

dissolute

nasty

subtle

heinous

detestable

abominable

scoundrelly

snide

fast

shonky

Janus-faced

infamous

abject

execrable

false

lying

insidious

rogue

insincere

scurvy

fishy

unjust

disingenuous

wretched

suspicious

suspect

not cricket

illicit

slim

lawless

odious

seedy

indecent

black

offensive

repugnant

abhorrent

deplorable

beastly

hateful

sneaking

sorry

sleazy

malfeasant

flagitious

perverted

shabby

inequitable

outrageous

unreliable

unprofessional

wanton

deceiving

traitorous

two-timing

swindling

untruthful

diabolic

unsportsmanlike

loathsome

unsporting

ungodly

disgusting

debauched

cheap

manipulative

profane

malicious

notorious

shocking

grubby

impure

illegitimate

barbarous

horrible

morally wrong

defrauding

shoddy

diabolical

dissipated

canny

warped

astute

cagey

hollow-hearted

beguiling

below the belt

felonious

monstrous

cute

obnoxious

cagy

scummy

corruptible

malevolent

appalling

intriguing

unseemly

bribable

unpleasant

distasteful

funny

mendacious

abandoned

fiendish

filthy

indirect

murky

vulgar

repulsive

atrocious

low-minded

egregious

dissembling

objectionable

faithless

debased

repellent

lousy

murderous

iffy

paltry

plotting

unfaithful

ratty

scabby

low-life

worthless

double-crossing

inglorious

undependable

currish

double-faced

false-hearted

stinking

slimy

hypocritical

no-good

unwholesome

clandestine

licentious

maleficent

grafting

clever

pitiful

unvirtuous

secret

truthless

oblique

buyable

opprobrious

unholy

sacrilegious

blasphemous

profligate

fly-by-night

cruddy

impious

not to be trusted

secretive

lame

no good

pernicious

miscreant

dirty-dealing

obscene

smart

misleading

ingenious

contriving

delusive

caitiff

disagreeable

seamy

surreptitious

against the rules

undignified

snidey

inhuman

unbecoming

delinquent

irreligious

irregular

crass

sketchy

stealthy

fallen

cruel

cowardly

conspiratorial

fly

perverse

covert

godless

errant

revolting

decadent

untrue

pitiable

indictable

coarse

politic

awful

horrid

mischievous

unrespectable

irresponsible

louche

evasive

elusive

blackguardly

salacious

bluffing

miserable

pathetic

sad

shy

incorrigible

wayward

scungy

smutty

smooth

out of order

peccable

dreadful

purchasable

lowlife

blameworthy

mysterious

beyond contempt

beyond the pale

unacceptable

hoodwinking

unregenerate

lawbreaking

not to be depended on

fair-weather

not dependable

squalid

opportunistic

tawdry

negligent

off

doubtful

indecorous

Punic

noisome

ruffianly

intelligent

astucious

suborned

graceless

defiled

conspiring

resourceful

beggarly

inexorable

spiteful

crude

against the law

scurrilous

lewd

serpentine

disloyal

not on

vindictive

devilish

malignant

servile

undesirable

erring

unspeakable

scrofulous

immodest

virulent

under-the-table

gross

lowly

culpable

a bit much

vitiated

dangerous

terrible

off-colour^UK

under the table

sullied

tainted

gutter

unprintable

trashy

trustless

fickle

subversive

good-for-nothing

sharp-witted

cloak-and-dagger

back-alley

over the fence

a bit thick

captious

illusory

inelegant

nauseating

horrifying

libertine

carny

injurious

harmful

off-color^US

blue

pornographic

of dubious character

black-hearted

on the take

potentially illegal

back-door

beneath contempt

below contempt

dirty rotten

shaming

debasing

shadowy

indefensible

cynical

thoughtless

opportunist

spurious

raffish

praetorian

despisable

counterfeit

bamboozling

expedient

bootleg

bum

transgressing

colluding

slavish

humble

collusive

dicey

ungentlemanly

salty

ornery

hostile

snaky

unrightful

meanspirited

disrespectful

stinky

fallacious

rapacious

unjustifiable

unsatisfactory

unjustified

unreasonable

uncalled for

flimflam

scam

queer

macabre

caballing

condemnable

thievish

deviant

unbefitting

unfitting

controlling

unequitable

uncharitable

mean-spirited

violent

barbaric

risqué

under the counter

profiteering

contumelious

cowboy

morally bereft

unsportsmanly

poor

indelicate

common

plebeian

ugly

slipshod

disdainable

corrupting

tactful

mala fide

naughty

blamable

censurable

depraving

peccant

unwarranted

unnecessary

media-savvy

perverting

extortionate

open

prostituted

observant

forbidding

lamentable

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

heedful

impish

arch

acute

irreverent

feigned

vengeful

adaptable

avaricious

grasping

cautious

ill-gotten

tactical

alert

skilful^UK

skillful^US

unveracious

guilty

untrusty

not trustworthy

out of turn

inconstant

rancorous

unhealthy

exceptionable

unforgivable

uncandid

deleterious

damaging

simoniac

simoniacal

padded

not to be relied upon

unfrank

unsound

baneful

hurtful

prejudicial

nocuous

adverse

noxious

baleful

masterly

vulpine

adept

opprobious

putrid

fink

demonic

evil-minded

contemptuous

detrimental

ill

good-for-naught

meritless

no-count

no-account

treasonable

premeditating

circumspect

careful

wary

safe

dexterous^US

proficient

adroit

adulterous

unsafe

open to bribery

not candid

not frank

inappropriate

bad news

gone to the dogs

fast and loose

falsehearted

perjured

forsworn

mythomaniac

apostate

renegade

not entirely truthful

terminologically inexact

dextrous^UK

hideous

economical with the truth

infernal

hellish

damnable

uncalled-for

back-stabbing

lustful

gingerly

considerate

discreet

chary

guarded

incorrect

grey^UK

promiscuous

unctuous

disorderly

nonmoral

non-moral

unofficial

of bad reputation

gray^US

loose

lecherous

backstairs

not done

unchaste

lascivious

libidinous

hidden

backbiting

without standards

without morals

untrusted

shrouded

veiled

out-of-order

contrary to the rules

lubricious

obliquitous

gimmicky

rude

unblushing

rakish

hugger-mugger

hole-and-corner

funny-looking

queer-looking

dishonest-looking

guilty-looking

mysterious-looking

strange-looking

wild

uncouth

unrefined

without scruples

playing politics

put on

playing games

faking one out

not straightforward

goatish

raunchy

hot

lubricous

ribald

porny

whorish

satyric

concupiscent

passionate

itchy

stag

randy

horny

bawdy

hypersexual

tasteless

rough

unsophisticated

impolite

of easy virtue

locker-room

X-rated

rank

unpolished

raw

foul-mouthed

malefic

poisonous

malign

sick

satanic

demoralized^US

venomous

unclean

bitter

destructive

demoralised^UK

jackleg

rakehell

rakehelly

inexcusable

catty

intemperate

inimical

unkind

savage

ruinous

deadly

intolerable

evil-intentioned

ill-natured

despiteful

wounding

disastrous

Mephistophelian

unfriendly

demoniac

accursed

unfavourable^UK

calamitous

brutish

unfavorable^US

prejudicious

disadvantageous

negative

sadistic

vitriolic

unfortunate

cacodemonic

pervy

toxic

menacing

unhallowed

brutal

flagrant

cancerous

counterproductive

unpardonable

aberrant

ghastly

nocent

threatening

fatal

unrestrained

demoniacal

vice-ridden

unconstrained

profaned

demonical

fierce

hazardous

twisted

horrendous

prurient

bad-natured

desecrated

defamatory

gone bad

unpalatable

lethal

uncleanly

uncivilized^US

reproachable

uncivilised^UK

glaring

kinky

sicko

frightful

insupportable

waspish

harsh

abnormal

reprovable

excessive

grievous

pestilential

dire

crippling

perilous

bestial

crying

devastating

unnatural

facinorous

sour

blameful

corroding

blatant

environmentally unfriendly

viperous

undermining

demonian

cursed

heartless

barefaced

Luciferian

blameable

resentful

cussed

fast-living

brazen

drunken

enormous

aggressive

obvious

undisguised

callous

immoderate

ominous

catastrophic

conspicuous

shrewish

antagonistic

patent

utter

audacious

naked

evident

flagitous

unconcealed

cataclysmic

complete

manifest

at fault

palpable

transparent

atheistic

invidious

overt

acrimonious

pagan

parlous

pronounced

striking

critical

painful

satanical

ghoulish

grody

displeasing

ungoverned

corrosive

distorted

yucky

incontinent

capital

incendiary

barbarian

untoward

ill-disposed

eradicative

extirpative

suicidal

annihilative

horrific

Hadean

out and out

out-and-out

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prohibited

under a curse

cutting

sybaritic

yukky

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flaunting

verboten

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violated

easy

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offending

unsanctioned

self-indulgent

uninviting

unruly

ostentatious

actionable

risky

maniacal

unlikable

answerable

inordinate

undue

uncontrolled

extreme

light

unbridled

in the gutter

chargeable

ferocious

unpropitious

splenetic

rowdy

unauthorised^UK

abusive

unashamed

pestiferous

pestilent

uninhibited

exorbitant

to blame

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desperate

feral

hate-filled

deliberate

flaming

noticeable

inexpedient

inopportune

unsympathetic

black-market

out of line

bald-faced

bare-faced

pitiless

untamed

not allowed

in the wrong

not permitted

not pure

stick out like sore thumb

destroying

uncontrollable

ruining

hanging out

gay

mortal

ogry

ogrish

impaired

hardened

wrathful

deviate

blackhearted

gossip-mongering

mephistophelean

snarky

contorted

grotesque

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humiliating

straying

agnostic

sceptical^UK

unbelieving

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heathen

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nauseous

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dishonored^US

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gone to seed

retrogressive

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menial

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morbid

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epicurean

terrific

grewsome

bloodthirsty

rabid

unsocial

undecorous

craven

aspersive

in the fast lane

high living

afflictive

nightmare

luxurious

unchivalrous

religionless

nonreligious

highly improper

hard

reproachful

hell fire

unrestricted

overindulgent

unbeneficial

groundless

lacking restraint

voluptuary

vituperative

bothersome

counter

lost

remiss

killing

miasmatic

miasmic

declining

decaying

regrettable

undevout

nullifidian

freethinking

unfeeling

uncaring

coldhearted

tarnished

pleasure-seeking

impertinent

insolent

discourteous

unhindered

precarious

ill-intentioned

insufferable

free

LaVeyan

undead

night owl

scornful

disdainful

cold-blooded

not nice

hard-hearted

homicidal

skeptical^US

free-thinking

unspiritual

grim

intimidating

green-eyed

jealous

messed up

unimpeded

unmanageable

tough

hotheaded

of evil intent

full of hate

outright

jacked up

deserving blame

serious

sheer

plain

frightening

ill-boding

foreboding

undeserved

demeaned

flatitious

unconfined

absolute

downright

unqualified

wrackful

lethiferous

insalubrious

internecine

harassing

wreckful

slaughterous

spleenful

apparent

unmitigated

significant

major

disturbing

minatory

minacious

untrammeled^US

accidentally on purpose

squint-eyed

senseless

liable

convicted

hateworthy

anarchic

terrorist

accountable

impermissible

punishable

insurrectionary

anarchical

rebellious

seditious

insubordinate

disruptive

insurgent

mutinying

mutinous

incriminated

God-awful

anarchistic

taboo

noncompliant

nonconformist

extravagant

cross

on one’s head

impeached

in error

caught

doomed

censured

convictable

accusable

condemned

violating

turbulent

nihilistic

uncultivated

infringing

wildcat

piratical

heavy

warlike

contumacious

criminogenic

unregulated

unpeaceful

disordered

racketeering

recusant

haram

tapu

untrammelled^UK

underworld

nether

lower

overextravagant

insane

plethoric

towering

baroque

lavish

fancy

unmerciful

disproportionate

needless

overmuch

overdue

overweening

stiff

steep

off base

furious

barred

smoking gun

OTT

vexed

indignant

displeased

irked

aggrieved

annoyed

irate

piqued

exasperated

irritated

under-the-counter

contrary to law

not acceptable

ruled out

in violation of law

off limits

without law and order

Plutonian

testy

tetchy

irascible

galled

crabby

provoked

ridiculous

too much

over-the-top

over the top

unthinkable

inconceivable

illogical

irrational

belligerent

outraged

unconstitutional

subterranean

Tartarean

Plutonic

Styxian

narky

glowering

louring

moody

eggy

stroppy

enraged

shirty

sulky

chthonian

of hell

Acherontic

Avernal

chthonic

helly

of bad faith

bad-tempered

ill-tempered

sulphurous^UK

sulfurous^US

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wrongness

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wrongful

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wrongfulness

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Synonyms for Wrongdoing:

• adj.

  • wicked (adjective)

  • villainous,
  • depraved,
  • iniquitous,
  • immoral,
  • corrupt,
  • degenerate,
  • blameworthy,
  • criminal,
  • wicked,
  • sinful,
  • obnoxious,
  • felonious,
  • sinister,
  • perverse,
  • lawbreaking,
  • damnable,
  • reprehensible,
  • improper,
  • debauched,
  • black,
  • base,
  • shocking,
  • indecent,
  • debased,
  • bad,
  • sadistic,
  • scandalous.

• n.

  •
  • excess,
  • immorality,
  • decadence,
  • right,
  • wickedness,
  • villainy,
  • enormity,
  • depravity,
  • misdeed.

  • abuse (noun)

  • mis deed,
  • in-jury,
  • manhandlings,
  • mis-manages,
  • in jury,
  • mis-deed,
  • de basements,
  • mis-manage,
  • mis manages,
  • in-juries,
  • de-basements,
  • in juries,
  • mis manage,
  • de-basement,
  • de basement.

  • attribute (noun)

  • wrongdoing.

  • crime (noun)

  • delicts,
  • delictum,
  • Torts,
  • illegality,
  • felony,
  • criminality,
  • evil behavior,
  • antisocial behavior,
  • malfeasance,
  • fast one,
  • mortal sin,
  • malefactions,
  • Delict,
  • unlawful act,
  • criminalities,
  • Malefaction,
  • lawlessness,
  • tort.

  • default (noun)

  • in sufficiencies,
  • non payments,
  • non payment,
  • over-looking,
  • de-fault,
  • dis-regard,
  • in-adequacy,
  • over sight,
  • dis regards,
  • in adequacy,
  • over-sight,
  • de-faults,
  • in sufficiency,
  • in-adequacies,
  • overlookings,
  • de fault,
  • dis regard,
  • in-sufficiency,
  • in-sufficiencies,
  • in adequacies,
  • over-sights,
  • over looking,
  • non-payments,
  • de faults,
  • over sights,
  • dis-regards.

  • delinquency (noun)

  • nonobservances,
  • non observances,
  • non-feasances,
  • non-observances,
  • non feasances,
  • non observance,
  • non feasance.

  • dereliction (noun)

  • delinquency.

  • deviltry (noun)

  • evil magic,
  • witchery,
  • devilishment,
  • mischief-making,
  • Witcheries.

  • error (noun)

  • booboo,
  • howlers,
  • XS,
  • goof,
  • flaw,
  • boo-boo,
  • bad job,
  • booboos,
  • misconception,
  • faux pas,
  • mismanagement,
  • boo-boos,
  • Misbelief,
  • screw-up,
  • screamers,
  • errors,
  • howler,
  • screamer.

  • evil (noun)

  • looseness,
  • obscenity,
  • diabolism,
  • vileness,
  • diabolisms,
  • Knaveries,
  • knavery,
  • infamy,
  • sinfulness.

  • evildoing (noun)

  • peccantnesses,
  • nefariousnesses.

  • fault (noun)

  • in discretions,
  • in-discretions,
  • answerabilities,
  • in-discretion,
  • in discretion,
  • slip ups,
  • loss innocence,
  • evil doings.

  • felony (noun)

  • criminal offenses.

  • iniquity (noun)

  • Miscreancy,
  • unrighteousness.

  • injustice (noun)

  • in justices,
  • un lawfulnesses,
  • dis-crimination,
  • in equities,
  • in-justices,
  • in equality,
  • dirty deals,
  • crying shames,
  • un-lawfulnesses,
  • mis carriages,
  • dis-criminations,
  • un-lawfulness,
  • in-equality,
  • in-justice,
  • in-equalities,
  • mis-carriage,
  • in-equity,
  • dis crimination,
  • in equalities,
  • un lawfulness,
  • in-equities,
  • dis criminations,
  • mis-carriages,
  • mis carriage.

  • misbehavior (noun)

  • Misdoing,
  • indiscipline.

  • mischief (noun)

  • devilments,
  • mis-chief,
  • mis-chiefs,
  • waywardnesses,
  • mis chief,
  • mis chiefs,
  • funny businesses.

  • misconduct (noun)

  • violation,
  • malversation,
  • malpractice.

  • misdeed/misdemeanor (noun)

  • mis demeanor,
  • mis-deeds,
  • breach law,
  • mis demeanors,
  • mis deeds,
  • mis-demeanors,
  • mis-demeanor,
  • dirty deeds.

  • misdoing (noun)

  • mis doings,
  • mis doing,
  • mis-doing,
  • mis-doings.

  • mishandling (noun)

  • illtreatments,
  • mis handlings,
  • ill treatment,
  • mis handling,
  • illtreatment,
  • mis-handlings,
  • mis-handling,
  • ill-treatments.

  • mistreatment (noun)

  • mis treatments,
  • mis treatment,
  • mis-treatments,
  • mis-treatment.

  • misusage (noun)

  • mis-usages,
  • mis-usage,
  • mis usages,
  • mis usage.

  • Other relevant words: (noun)

  • roguery,
  • larceny,
  • impishness,
  • unfairness,
  • prankishness,
  • impingement,
  • wrongful entry,
  • favoritism,
  • neglect,
  • prankster,
  • muggings,
  • in justice,
  • misappropriation,
  • evil doing,
  • devilment,
  • Non-feasance,
  • Peccability,
  • sin,
  • trespass,
  • misapplication,
  • abuse,
  • breach of law,
  • pollution,
  • waywardness,
  • entrenchments,
  • injustice,
  • mishandling,
  • rascality,
  • ill-treatment,
  • skeleton in the cupboard,
  • failings,
  • evildoing,
  • inhumanity,
  • breaking of the law,
  • entrenchment,
  • roguishness,
  • criminal offense,
  • Non-payment,
  • scandal,
  • evil,
  • crying shame,
  • ungodliness,
  • exploitation,
  • slip-up,
  • Waggeries,
  • funny business,
  • transgression,
  • unmentionable thing,
  • shenanigan,
  • waggery,
  • skeleton in closet,
  • dirty deed,
  • skeleton in cupboard,
  • misbehavior,
  • Veniality,
  • idle rumor,
  • slip up,
  • scorchers,
  • mischievousness,
  • loss of innocence,
  • error,
  • gluttony,
  • onesidedness,
  • wrong,
  • mistreatment,
  • unjustness,
  • crime,
  • peccantness,
  • dirty deal,
  • inadequacy,
  • misconduct,
  • Non-observance,
  • shockers,
  • outrage,
  • purse-snatching,
  • wrongness,
  • railroad,
  • fault,
  • nonobservance,
  • iniquity,
  • shocker,
  • dirty linen,
  • offense,
  • dirty trick,
  • scorcher,
  • mischief,
  • ill treatments,
  • Misusage,
  • breaking the law,
  • skeleton in the closet,
  • nefariousness,
  • evil-doing,
  • default,
  • slip-ups,
  • lootings,
  • in equity,
  • unlawful entry,
  • answerability,
  • Gluttonies,
  • Obtrusion,
  • deviltry,
  • miss.

  • outrage (noun)

  • out rage,
  • in humanities,
  • in dignities,
  • in-humanities,
  • out-rages,
  • ravishings,
  • in-humanity,
  • in-dignities,
  • in humanity,
  • out rages,
  • out-rage.

  • robbery (noun)

  • purse snatchings,
  • purse-snatchings,
  • pursesnatchings,
  • pursesnatching,
  • purse snatching,
  • breakin.

  • scandal (noun)

  • dis graces,
  • dis-reputes,
  • de-tractions,
  • dis grace,
  • dis-credits,
  • dis credits,
  • de traction,
  • backstabbings,
  • idle rumors,
  • dis-graces,
  • dirty linens,
  • eavesdroppings,
  • dis honors,
  • dis-credit,
  • dis honor,
  • dis-honor,
  • dis reputes,
  • de tractions,
  • dis credit,
  • dis-repute,
  • dis repute,
  • de-traction,
  • dis-honors,
  • dis-grace.

  • sin (noun)

  • dis-obediences,
  • un-godliness,
  • wrongnesses,
  • venialities,
  • de-merits,
  • de-merit,
  • dis-obedience,
  • un godliness,
  • peccabilities,
  • de merits,
  • ungodlinesses,
  • evil-doings,
  • un-godlinesses,
  • de merit,
  • un godlinesses,
  • dis obediences,
  • dis obedience.

  • skeleton in the closet (noun)

  • skeleton the cupboard,
  • skeleton the closet,
  • unmentionable things,
  • skeleton-closet,
  • skeleton cupboard,
  • skeleton closet.

  • transgression (noun)

  • de-fiance,
  • de fiance,
  • over stepping,
  • over-stepping,
  • breaking law,
  • de-fiances,
  • oversteppings,
  • de fiances,
  • breaking of law,
  • errings.

  • trespass (noun)

  • wrongful entries,
  • unlawful entries,
  • poachings.

  • unjustness (noun)

  • un justnesses,
  • un justness,
  • un-justnesses,
  • un-justness.

  • wrong (noun)

  • bad deeds,
  • bad deed.

• v.

  • Other relevant words: (verb)

  • deed.

• Other synonyms:

  • Actus Reus

  • actus reus.
  •
  • Peccancy,
  • Diablerie,
  • naughtiness.
  •
  • horseplay.

  • Other relevant words:

  • second-degree,
  • perpetrator,
  • crime scene,
  • petty crime,
  • genocide,
  • avarice,
  • second chance,
  • crime-ridden,
  • stitch-up,
  • first-degree,
  • demonize,
  • crime of passion.

  • Other relevant words (noun):

  • infraction,
  • nefarious,
  • nonfeasance,
  • ill timed,
  • perversion,
  • defect,
  • offence,
  • amorality,
  • Misguidance,
  • unhealthy,
  • viciousness,
  • disorderliness,
  • blameworthiness,
  • feloniousness,
  • badness,
  • eject,
  • inexpedience,
  • Undueness,
  • misbehaviour,
  • dishonourable,
  • erroneousness,
  • injury,
  • backsliding,
  • mistake,
  • disengage,
  • malignant,
  • misrule,
  • harm,
  • include,
  • omission,
  • perpetrate,
  • hellish,
  • disorderly conduct,
  • foul,
  • breach,
  • ruffianism,
  • misfeasance,
  • guiltiness,
  • prodigality,
  • mischievous,
  • Fiendish,
  • vice,
  • slip,
  • hooliganism,
  • cruelty,
  • savagery,
  • infringement,
  • unrighteous,
  • released,
  • DO,
  • odium,
  • rowdyism,
  • indiscretion,
  • responsibility,
  • pernicious,
  • infamous,
  • justify,
  • bad policy,
  • filthy,
  • Maladministration,
  • shameful,
  • purely,
  • naughty,
  • misgovernment,
  • barbarism,
  • misplay,
  • nasty,
  • poor,
  • misdemeanour,
  • wrongful conduct,
  • liberate,
  • wantonness,
  • bad thing,
  • wrongfulness,
  • conscience,
  • abandoned,
  • culpability,
  • encroachment,
  • impropriety,
  • disobedience,
  • robbery,
  • malfeasant,
  • absolve,
  • ignoble,
  • rotten,
  • exonerate,
  • dereliction,
  • vindicate,
  • bestial,
  • carnality,
  • debt,
  • consist,
  • disorder,
  • exculpate,
  • dereliction of duty,
  • rowdiness,
  • demerit,
  • brutality,
  • guilt,
  • involve,
  • disinterested,
  • loathsome,
  • roughhouse,
  • maleficent,
  • malignity,
  • flagitiousness,
  • erring,
  • relieve,
  • fall from grace,
  • maltreatment,
  • contemptible,
  • abominable,
  • lapse,
  • misdirection,
  • vandalism,
  • disruption,
  • flagitious,
  • discourtesy,
  • unlawfulness,
  • unmorality,
  • commit,
  • peccadillo,
  • ugly,
  • distasteful,
  • venial sin,
  • involves,
  • outrageous,
  • malefic,
  • damage,
  • forgive,
  • noisome,
  • violence,
  • barbarity,
  • inexpediency,
  • solecism,
  • brutal,
  • Unchastity,
  • misdemeanor,
  • participation,
  • redeem,
  • comport,
  • impurity,
  • recidivism,
  • intrusion,
  • disruptiveness,
  • Impolicy,
  • verminous,
  • atrocity,
  • enfranchise,
  • suspicion,
  • deviation,
  • uncleanness,
  • blame,
  • wrongful,
  • negligence.

How to use «Wrongdoing» in context?

Paraphrases for Wrongdoing:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    misconduct.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    cheating, embezzlement, impropriety, infringement, iniquity, injustice, irregularity, malfeasance, malpractice, misappropriation, misbehaviour, mischief, offence, sin, transgression, violation.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    blame, breach, contravention, crime, dysfunction, evil, fraud, guilt, infraction, lawlessness, malfunctioning, misdemeanour, mismanagement, negligence, offender, offense, reprehensible, Delict, evil-doing.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    abuse, harm, illegality, wrongfulness.

Hyponym for Wrongdoing:

• n.

  • attribute
    evilness, evil.

Omophagic

Synonyms:

herbivorous,
omnivorous.

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• wrongdoing — wrong·do·ing / rȯŋ ˌdü iŋ/ n: injurious, criminal, or improper behavior denied any wrongdoing Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. wrongdoing …   Law dictionary

• wrongdoing — UK US /ˈrɒŋˌduːɪŋ/ noun [C or U] LAW ► illegal behaviour: »She denied any criminal wrongdoing …   Financial and business terms

• Wrongdoing — Wrong do ing, n. Evil or wicked behavior or action. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• wrongdoing — (n.) late 15c., from WRONG (Cf. wrong) (n.) + DOING (Cf. doing) …   Etymology dictionary

• wrongdoing — ► NOUN ▪ illegal or dishonest behaviour. DERIVATIVES wrongdoer noun …   English terms dictionary

• wrongdoing — [rôŋdo͞o΄iŋ] n. any act or behavior that is wrong; the doing of wrong; transgression wrongdoer n …   English World dictionary

• wrongdoing — [[t]rɒ̱ŋduːɪŋ, AM rɔ͟ːŋ [/t]] wrongdoings N VAR Wrongdoing is behaviour that is illegal or immoral. The city attorney s office hasn t found any evidence of criminal wrongdoing …   English dictionary

• wrongdoing — UK [ˈrɒŋˌduːɪŋ] / US [ˈrɔŋˌduɪŋ] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms wrongdoing : singular wrongdoing plural wrongdoings formal behaviour that is illegal or not moral Derived word: wrongdoer noun countable Word forms wrongdoer : singular… …   English dictionary

• wrongdoing — noun Date: 14th century 1. evil or improper behavior or action < cleared of any wrongdoing > 2. an instance of doing wrong …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• wrongdoing — noun 1. departure from what is ethically acceptable (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑error • Hypernyms: ↑evil, ↑evilness 2. activity that transgresses moral or civil law he denied any wrongdoing …   Useful english dictionary

• wrongdoing — /rawng dooh ing, dooh , rong /, n. 1. behavior or action that is wrong, evil, or blameworthy. 2. an act that is wrong, evil, or blameworthy; misdeed; sin. [1470 80; WRONG + DOING] * * * …   Universalium

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2. protons, neutrons, and electrons combined
3. catch sight of
4. short sharp cry
5. percolation
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7. sane
8. edible root
9. flighty
10. sound from a nest
11. jocularity
12. dangerous bear
13. mayhem
14. supreme being
15. intolerable
16. ___ xtra (dr pepper alternative)
17. moderately warm
18. russian port
19. russian wolfhound
20. coach; shoe
21. improvise
22. grand total
23. blood of the gods
24. danish currency
25. sketch show
26. utopia
27. light heavyweight
28. commissioned soldier
29. duration
30. soothes