definition:
• gross injustice or wickedness
• a violation of right or duty;
wicked act; sin
pronunciation:
ih-nik-wi-tee
related forms:
• adjective
iniquitous
• adverb
iniquitously
•noun
iniquitousness
synonyms:
• nefarious
• evil
• wickedness
• immorality
• wrongdoing
• injustice
• criminal
Due to the
iniquity of her
enemies, Katniss
found herself on the
defensive.
The iniquitous villain in the
movie terrified the woman.
During the
Holocaust,
Jews endured
starvation
and wretched
conditions
inflicted by the
iniquitous
German soldiers.
It is hard to imagine an act more iniquitous than
the destruction of the Twin Towers in NYC.
The squirrel’s iniquitousness was alarming.
iniquitously
The girl was
iniquitously
awakened by
the monster
under her bed.
Oedipus was iniquitously abandoned by
his parents when he was only a few days old.