What does "Wicked" mean?
When I was watching Harry Potter,i heard someone said "Wicked" to express cool based on the context.
But when i looked up wicked in dictionary,it said wicked is to describe someone or something that is very bad and deliberately harmful to people,is it a synonym for evil,naughty?
And are there some synonym for cool?
Thank you in advance~
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It's a slang term normally used by children which means "cool" or "awesome" :)
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You are using the wrong dictionary for slang. Try urbandictionary dot com. It is like wikipedia, crowd-sourced definitions so they are very current (US English slang mostly). Unlike old-style dictionaries written by 'authorities' that only get new words if the 'experts' vote for it. First definition of wicked is 'New England slang that adds emphasis', which is correct. I lived in New England, and it is a regional word, very commonly used there, other places much less. Here are some current synonyms for 'cool' from urbandictionary: awesome amazing sweet nice hot great rad sick chill crazy tight.
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The standard dictionary meaning of 'wicked' is bad or evil.
However - as Adrian explained - for the last decade or more it has been used as a young person's slang word for great/cool/awesome.
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This term is used for people who have a bad moral. It's not a synonym of "evil", but it's related. For example, hellcats are wicked.
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