TubeTalk Pronunciation

How to pronounce “necessary evil

Hear “necessary evil” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.

Pronunciation guide for necessary evil

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of necessary evil with real speech in context.
Available examples
0 YouTube examples
Definition summary
(idiomatic) An unfavorable thing that must be done or accepted, especially because the available alternative courses of action or inaction would be worse.

No examples found yet

No TubeTalk examples are available for "necessary evil" yet. Try a related pronunciation target or check back as the index grows.

A Deep Dive Into “necessary evil

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • (idiomatic) An unfavorable thing that must be done or accepted, especially because the available alternative courses of action or inaction would be worse.

Practice Nearby Words

lesser evil, one of those things, evil, devilment, bad thing, cost, unblessing, evil turn, dirty work, evilfare, predicament, fly in the ointment, mire, inconvenience, illfare, devil, evildoing, fool's bargain, hitch, chaotic evil, consequence, despite, misfortune, misevent, nuisance, hassle, wickedness, hole in the head, default, occupational hazard, downside, trouble, bad business, incommode, low road, malum in se, evil twin, short end of the stick, bad luck, unpleasantry, sour note, enormity, bad news, make-do, penalty, hellfare, demerit, abomination, malus, embuggerance, headache, maleficience, villainy, painmaking, contretemps, blessing in disguise, disbenefit, camel's nose, ill-doing, inconvenient, technical difficulty, vileness, misery, mischief, miserablism, juju, tough break, difficult situation, worm in the apple, bedevilment, tough luck, bad medicine, moral low ground, bump in the road, aggravating circumstance, harm, vice, misendowment, false economy, wart, misdesert, minus, malum, disobligation, devilry, dolus, malevolency, amiss, mishappening, hostage to fortune, lost errand, pity, malfeature, crook in the lot, raw deal, misdeed, infortunity, bad joke, ill-use, fallout

Similar Sounds

necessary, necessarily, necessaries, necessaire, axis of evil, mysterial, unnecessary, unnecessarily, cemeterial, unsterile