Definition of "wicked" in English

adjective

1. Evil or mischievous by nature; morally reprehensible.

   • Genuine cowards follow wicked people and cannot reliably sustain any virtue.

2. Harsh; severe.

   • wicked wind

3. (slang) Excellent; awesome; masterful.

   • That was a wicked guitar solo, bro!

adverb

1. (slang, especially Boston, archaic in Lancashire, Scotland) To a superlative extent, very, extremely

   • I didn't really wanna go see On Golden Pond with the fam, but my mom made me go, and I must say that in retrospect it was a wicked expressive film, with a lot of significant meaning.
   • The band we went to see the other night was pissah, and they were wicked loud!

verb

1. simple past and past participle of wick

adjective

1. Having a wick.

   • a two-wicked lamp

adjective

1. (UK, dialect, obsolete) Active; brisk.

2. (British, dialect, chiefly Yorkshire) Infested with maggots.

3. Alternative form of wick, as applying to inanimate objects only.