What is another word for evil spirit?

Pronunciation: [ˈiːvə͡l spˈɪɹɪt] (IPA)

There are several synonyms for the term "evil spirit," which is often used to describe a malevolent entity or demon believed to possess individuals or objects. One common alternative to the term is "demon," which is a supernatural being associated with evil, temptation, and corruption. Other synonyms include "devil," "imp," "fiend," "beelzebub," "satan," and "infernal spirit." These terms are often used interchangeably in literature, mythology, and religious texts to describe a variety of malevolent spirits and entities. Regardless of their specific names, evil spirits are widely recognized across cultures and belief systems as dangerous and potentially harmful forces to be avoided or exorcised.

What are the hypernyms for Evil spirit?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Evil spirit?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

What are the opposite words for evil spirit?

The concept of an "evil spirit" typically represents negative forces or entities that are believed to bring harm or misfortune. However, there are several antonyms for this term that reflect the opposite qualities or traits. Some of these antonyms might include words like "angelic," "benevolent," "divine," "holy," "kind," "virtuous," or "pure." These words reflect a positive, good-natured energy that is typically considered beneficial or protective. While the idea of an "evil spirit" may be rooted in mythology or superstition, the antonyms for this term can offer a sense of positivity and hope for those who seek spiritual protection and guidance.

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Famous quotes with Evil spirit

  • Fame is but a beautiful classic delusion. The inspiration of the poet is like the inspiration of the Delphic oracles: what was once held divine is now confessed the promptings of an evil spirit mocking the votaries of whom it made victims. We firmly believe that the time is fast approaching when no more books will be written. The once writers: will say—“Why should we sacrifice our whole existence to obtain a vain praise, which, after all, never comes sufficiently home to us to be enjoyed? Why should we devote, to this most barren pursuit, industry and talent, which, in any other line, would be certain of that worldly success, which, as we live in the world, is the only success to be de sired?” Even poets must at last learn wisdom. The bitterness and the hollowness of praise will be perceived; and then who will be at the trouble of writing a book? Again we repeat, the time is fast approaching when no more books will be written.
    Letitia Elizabeth Landon
  • The evil spirit of love left his soul for a moment, but returned, though with a strange and lurid aspect, bringing with him other and worse spirits than himself—hate, revenge, blood-thirstiness—all merged in and coloured by the excited and fanatic temper of the time.
    Letitia Elizabeth Landon
  • 'Pooh! Pooh! Nonsense!' was the reply, 'that's all very well in theory, but it doesn't work so. The returning of slaves amounts to nothing in fact. All that is obsolete. And why make all this row? Can't you hush ? We've nothing to do with slavery, we tell you. We can't touch it; and if you persist in this agitation about a mere form and theory, why, you're a set of pestilent fanatics and traitors; and if you get your noisy heads broken, you get just what you deserve'. And they quoted in the faces of the abolitionists the words of Governor Edward Everett, who was not an authority with them, in that fatal inaugural address, 'The patriotism of all classes of citizens must be invited to abstain from a discussion which, by exasperating the master, can have no other effect than to render more oppressive the condition of the slave'. It was as if some kindly Pharisee had said to Christ, 'Don't try to cast out that evil spirit; it may rend the body on departing'. Was it not as if some timid citizen had said, 'Don't say hard things of intemperance lest the dram-shops, to spite us, should give away the rum'? And so the battle raged. The abolitionists dashed against slavery with passionate eloquence like a hail of hissing fire. They lashed its supporters with the scorpion whip of their invective. Ambition, reputation, ortune, ease, life itself they threw upon the consuming altar of their cause. Not since those earlier fanatics of freedom, Patrick Henry and James Otis, has the master chord of human nature, the love of liberty, been struck with such resounding power. It seemed in vain, so slowly their numbers increased, so totally were they outlawed from social and political and ecclesiastical recognition. The merchants of Boston mobbed an editor for virtually repeating the Declaration of Independence. The city of New York looked on and smiled while the present United States marshal insulted a woman as noble and womanly and humane as Florence Nightingale. In other free States men were flying for their lives; were mobbed, seized, imprisoned, maimed, murdered ; but still as, in the bitter days of Puritan persecution in Scotland, the undaunted voices of the Covenanters were heard singing the solemn songs of God that echoed and re-echoed from peak to peak of the barren mountains, until the great dumb wilderness was vocal with praise — so in little towns and great cities were heard the uncompromising voices of these men sternly intoning the majestic words of the Golden Rule and the Declaration of Independence, which echoed from solitary heart to heart until the whole land rang with the litany of liberty.
    George William Curtis

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