Etymology: [ vi-sh&s ] (adjective.) 14th century. From Anglo-Norman vicious, Old French vicious (modern French vicieux), from Latin vitiōsus, from vitium (“fault, vice”).
Violent, destructive and cruel, Evil, immoral or depraved, Pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity, Savage and aggressive, evil, spiteful; ferocious, fierce; faulty in character, A vicious person or a vicious blow is violent and cruel. He was a cruel and vicious man He suffered a vicious attack by a gang of white youths The blow was so sudden and vicious that he dropped to his knees. = brutal + viciously vi·cious·ly She had been viciously attacked with a hammer. + viciousness vi·cious·ness the intensity and viciousness of these attacks, Characterized by vice or defects; defective; faulty; imperfect, A vicious remark is cruel and intended to upset someone. It is a deliberate, nasty and vicious attack on a young man's character. = savage + viciously vi·cious·ly `He deserved to die,' said Penelope viciously, marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful; "a malevolent lie"; "poisonous hate in his eyes"- Ernest Hemingway; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip", (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks", Addicted to vice; corrupt in principles or conduct; depraved; wicked; as, vicious children; vicious examples; vicious conduct, Wanting purity; foul; bad; noxious; as, vicious air, water, etc, malicious or spiteful, given to vice, immorality or depravity, Bitter; spiteful; malignant, Not well tamed or broken; given to bad tricks; unruly; refractory; as, a vicious horse, Not correct or pure; corrupt; as, vicious language; vicious idioms, having the nature of vice, In a vicious manner; ferociously or maliciously, The characteristic of being vicious, The desire to cause harm to others; extreme cruelty, vitiosity, viciosity, in a vicious manner; "he was viciously attacked", in a vicious manner; "he was viciously attacked, in a vicious manner; ferociously; spitefully; faultily, quality of being vicious; cruelty, wickedness, the trait of extreme cruelty,
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Violent, destructive and cruel
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Evil, immoral or depraved
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Pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity - "We may so seize on vertue, that if we embrace it with an over-greedy and violent desire, it may become vicious."
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Savage and aggressive
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evil, spiteful; ferocious, fierce; faulty in character sıfat
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A vicious person or a vicious blow is violent and cruel. He was a cruel and vicious man He suffered a vicious attack by a gang of white youths The blow was so sudden and vicious that he dropped to his knees. = brutal + viciously vi·cious·ly She had been viciously attacked with a hammer. + viciousness vi·cious·ness the intensity and viciousness of these attacks
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Characterized by vice or defects; defective; faulty; imperfect
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A vicious remark is cruel and intended to upset someone. It is a deliberate, nasty and vicious attack on a young man's character. = savage + viciously vi·cious·ly `He deserved to die,' said Penelope viciously
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marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful; "a malevolent lie"; "poisonous hate in his eyes"- Ernest Hemingway; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip"
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(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
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Addicted to vice; corrupt in principles or conduct; depraved; wicked; as, vicious children; vicious examples; vicious conduct
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