| Definitions of 'vicious' |
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1. (adj) barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious
(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"
2. (adj) evil, vicious
having the nature of vice
3. (adj) condemnable, criminal, deplorable, reprehensible, vicious
bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
"a criminal waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of violence"; "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife"
4. (adj) poisonous, venomous, vicious
marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
"poisonous hate"; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip"
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| Definitions of 'vicious' |
Webster 1913 Dictionary |
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1. (adj) vicious
characterized by vice or defects; defective; faulty; imperfect
2. (adj) vicious
addicted to vice; corrupt in principles or conduct; depraved; wicked; as, vicious children; vicious examples; vicious conduct
3. (adj) vicious
wanting purity; foul; bad; noxious; as, vicious air, water, etc
4. (adj) vicious
not correct or pure; corrupt; as, vicious language; vicious idioms
5. (adj) vicious
not well tamed or broken; given to bad tricks; unruly; refractory; as, a vicious horse
6. (adj) vicious
bitter; spiteful; malignant
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