What does vicious mean?

Definitions for vicious
ˈvɪʃ əsvi·cious

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word vicious.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, viciousadjective

    (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. evil, viciousadjective

    having the nature of vice

  3. condemnable, criminal, deplorable, reprehensible, viciousadjective

    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. poisonous, venomous, viciousadjective

    marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful

    "poisonous hate"; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip"

Wiktionary

  1. viciousadjective

    Pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity.

  2. viciousadjective

    Evil, immoral or depraved.

  3. viciousadjective

    Violent, destructive and cruel.

  4. viciousadjective

    Savage and aggressive.

  5. Etymology: From vicious, vicious (modern French vicieux), from vitiosus, from vitium.

Wikipedia

  1. Vicious

    Vicious is a song written by Lou Reed, released as a single in 1973 and originally featured on Transformer, Reed's second post-Velvet Underground solo album.

ChatGPT

  1. vicious

    Vicious is an adjective used to describe an action or behavior that is cruel, violent, dangerous, or immoral. It is often associated with harmful intent or being deliberately harmful or damaging. The term can also be applied to animals that are aggressive and likely to bite or attack.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Viciousadjective

    characterized by vice or defects; defective; faulty; imperfect

  2. Viciousadjective

    addicted to vice; corrupt in principles or conduct; depraved; wicked; as, vicious children; vicious examples; vicious conduct

  3. Viciousadjective

    wanting purity; foul; bad; noxious; as, vicious air, water, etc

  4. Viciousadjective

    not correct or pure; corrupt; as, vicious language; vicious idioms

  5. Viciousadjective

    not well tamed or broken; given to bad tricks; unruly; refractory; as, a vicious horse

  6. Viciousadjective

    bitter; spiteful; malignant

The Roycroft Dictionary

  1. vicious

    1. To be natural. 2. To give up lying. (A word taken from the Zynrxi, and first used by the French at the Siege of Paris to describe the Germans; hence, any one who does anything impolite or acts in any way strictly in accordance with his innate tastes.)

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    Song lyrics by vicious -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by vicious on the Lyrics.com website.

  2. Vicious

    Vicious vs. Viscous -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Vicious and Viscous.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of vicious in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of vicious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of vicious in a Sentence

  1. Rafael Cortez:

    There is a vicious cycle in which political paralysis feeds the economic downturn that reinforces the political crisis, they are running against time, as unemployment data show. The sooner the impeachment vote happens, the higher the chances for the government are.

  2. Ali Khamenei:

    The U.S. has not changed since decades ago ... it continues the same aggressive, vicious behavior and the same international dictatorship, iran has a firm, iron will. It will not let America return to Iran.

  3. Donald Trump:

    She wanted to breast pump in front of me and I may have said that's disgusting, I may have said something else. I thought it was terrible, she's a vicious, horrible person.

  4. Thomas Paine:

    Human nature is not of itself vicious.

  5. Vasant Dhar:

    These corrections are always vicious and sudden, and it is amazing how quickly all of the experts and pundits and gurus change their tune, the market always has amnesia.

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