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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