different between monstrousness vs wickedness

English

Etymology

From monstrous +? -ness.

Noun

monstrousness (countable and uncountable, plural monstrousnesses)

1. (uncountable) The state or condition of being monstrous.
2. (countable) Something monstrous.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English wickednes, wikkednes, wikkednesse, wikednesse, equivalent to wicked +? -ness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w?k?dn?s/

Noun

wickedness (countable and uncountable, plural wickednesses)

1. The state of being wicked; evil disposition; immorality.
   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 227d.

     We speak of wickedness as something in the soul different from virtue.

2. A wicked or sinful thing or act; morally bad or objectionable behaviour.

Quotations

• And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

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References

• wickedness in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• wickedness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.