Definitions for vicious
ˈvɪʃ əsvi·cious

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious(adj)

   (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, vicious(adj)

   having the nature of vice

3. condemnable, criminal, deplorable, reprehensible, vicious(adj)

   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, vicious(adj)

   marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful

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

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. vicious(Adjective)

   Pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity.

2. vicious(Adjective)

   Evil, immoral or depraved.

3. vicious(Adjective)

   Violent, destructive and cruel.

4. vicious(Adjective)

   Savage and aggressive.

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

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Vicious(adj)

   characterized by vice or defects; defective; faulty; imperfect

2. Vicious(adj)

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

3. Vicious(adj)

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

4. Vicious(adj)

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

5. Vicious(adj)

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

6. Vicious(adj)

   bitter; spiteful; malignant

The Roycroft Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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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How to pronounce vicious?

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   Alex

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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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. Thomas Paine:

   Human nature is not of itself vicious.

2. Oscar Wilde:

   Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

3. Jeffrey McGallicher:

   You will be held responsible for your vicious acts.

4. Prof.Salam Al Shereida:

   Your vicious enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unbridled soul.

5. Henry Kissinger:

   University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.

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