Vicious

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having the nature of vice; evil, immoral, or depraved.
  • adj. Given to vice, immorality, or depravity.
  • adj. Spiteful; malicious: vicious gossip.
  • adj. Disposed to or characterized by violent or destructive behavior. See Synonyms at cruel.
  • adj. Marked by an aggressive disposition; savage. Used chiefly of animals.
  • adj. Severe or intense; fierce: a vicious storm.
  • adj. Faulty, imperfect, or otherwise impaired by defects or a defect: a forced, vicious style of prose.
  • adj. Impure; foul.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity.
  • adj. Evil, immoral or depraved.
  • adj. Violent, destructive and cruel.
  • adj. Savage and aggressive.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Characterized by vice or defects; defective; faulty; imperfect.
  • adj. Addicted to vice; corrupt in principles or conduct; depraved; wicked.
  • adj. Wanting purity; foul; bad; noxious.
  • adj. Not correct or pure; corrupt.
  • adj. Not well tamed or broken; given to bad tricks; unruly; refractory.
  • adj. Bitter; spiteful; malignant.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Characterized by vice or imperfection; faulty; defective.
  • Addicted to vice; habitually transgressing moral law; depraved; profligate; wicked.
  • Contrary to moral principles or to rectitude; perverse; pernicious; evil; bad.
  • Impure; foul; vitiated: as, vicious humors.
  • Faulty; incorrect; not pure; corrupt: as, a vicious style.
  • Not well broken or trained; given to objectionable tricks: said of an animal.
  • Characterized by severity; virulent; malignant; spiteful: as, a vicious attack.
  • Synonyms and Wicked, Depraved, etc. (see criminal), unprincipled, licentious, profligate.
  • Refractory, ugly.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
  • adj. marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
  • adj. having the nature of vice
  • adj. bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
  • Equivalent
    inhumane    malicious    wicked    wrong   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    depraved    faulty    corrupt    wicked    defective    imperfect    foul    bad    noxious    unruly   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    wicked    nasty    ugly    stupid    ferocious    furious    savage    malicious