Definitions for viciousness
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
vi•ciousˈvɪʃ əs(adj.)
addicted to or characterized by vice; immoral or evil; depraved.
spiteful; malicious:
vicious gossip.
unpleasantly severe or intense:
a vicious headache.
savage; ferocious:
a vicious temper.
(of an animal) unruly, fierce, or of a violent disposition.
Category: Animal Husbandry
characterized by faults or defects; unsound:
vicious reasoning.
morbid, foul, or noxious.
Origin of vicious:
1300–50; < L vitiōsus, der. of viti(um) fault, vice1
vi′cious•ness(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
ferociousness, brutality, viciousness, savagery(noun)
the trait of extreme cruelty
Wiktionary
viciousness(Noun)
The characteristic of being vicious.
viciousness(Noun)
The desire to cause harm to others; extreme cruelty.
Translations for viciousness
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
viciousness(noun)
evil; cruel; likely to attack or cause harm
Keep back from that dog; – it's vicious.
- moordlustigheidAfrikaans
- شَر، فَساد، رداءَهArabic
- поквараBulgarian
- crueldadePortuguese (BR)
- špatnostCzech
- die BösartigkeitGerman
- ondskabsfuldhedDanish
- μοχθηρότητα, κακίαGreek
- crueldad, maldad, perversidadSpanish
- tigedusEstonian
- بدجنسی؛ شرارتFarsi
- häijyysFinnish
- méchancetéFrench
- רִשעוּתHebrew
- अधर्म, दुराचारिताHindi
- zloćaCroatian
- gonoszságHungarian
- kegalakanIndonesian
- grimmdIcelandic
- cattiveriaItalian
- 悪徳Japanese
- 사악함Korean
- piktumasLithuanian
- niknums;ļaunumsLatvian
- kekejamanMalay
- wreedheid, gemeenheidDutch
- ondskap, ustyrlighetNorwegian
- złośliwość, przewrotnośćPolish
- maldadePortuguese
- răutateRomanian
- злобностьRussian
- útočnosť, hriešnosť, podlosť, zákernosťSlovak
- hudobnostSlovenian
- opasnostSerbian
- elakhet, ondskefullhet, argsinthetSwedish
- ความชั่วร้ายThai
- kötülük, şiddetTurkish
- 惡意, 兇惡Chinese (Trad.)
- злобаUkrainian
- بدطينتيUrdu
- sự xấu xa, đầy ác ýVietnamese
- 凶残，恶意，邪恶Chinese (Simp.)
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