NEFARIOUS
(adj.) extremely wicked
"nefarious schemes", "a villainous plot", "a villainous band of thieves"
synonyms : villainousThe police had got wind of his nefarious activities, and were on the lookout for him. -added by naila_inlas
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Mnemonics for nefarious
(Tag: English) this sounds like ne(nephew)+farious(furious)..so your nephew is very furious or cruel or violent
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(Tag: ) ne(NO) + fairy + US: No good character like a fairy among us but an exact opposite i.e. a wicked person
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(Tag: ) hindi:: key fairy wala this fairy wala who was selling ballons to children is "very wicked"
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(Tag: ) in movies villan is so far fro hero being so wicked.
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(Tag: ) Ne(ver) Fair(ious) - Always Bad
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(Tag: Global) :NEFARIOUS=NE(Not)+FARIOUS(Furious). Nefarious is NOT just FURIOUS but a criminal.
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(Tag: Means the one who is not good to us/society is a criminal/wicked.) It's from latin origin, Nefarious= Nefar/s- Wrong(Ne-not+far/s-Divine(law)+ous- to us
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(Tag: ) this sounds like ne(nephew)+farious(furious)..so your nephew is very furious.
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(Tag: ) ne(no) fari(fari wala io(come) us i.e my brother steal the all goods of the poor fari wala as profession he is a thief & very wicked.
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