To sign evil in ASL, make a 3 handshape with your dominant hand: thumb, index and middle fingers out. Touch the thumb to your temple, palm facing forward, and bend the index and middle fingers down a few times. Narrow your eyes and wrinkle your face to show the meaning.
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How to sign it
Handshape: 3, the thumb, index and middle fingers extended.
Location: the thumb at the side of the forehead, by the temple.
Movement: the index and middle fingers bend down a few times.
Palm orientation: the palm faces forward.
Facial expression: eyes narrowed, face wrinkled.
Use it in a sentence
SNAKE EVIL?
Is the snake evil?
AISA's video uses the sign Lifeprint lists as DEVIL, also used for evil. Lifeprint's main EVIL entry is fingerspelled E-V-I-L.
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Description checked against AISA's own video (the reference); Lifeprint (ASL University), lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-signs/d/devil.htm and lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-signs/e/evil.htm.
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