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. Bernie Sanders:

    The idea that anybody who works with me would make a vicious attack against a union leader just because we disagree on an issue is incomprehensible to me, and you know what, I'm just not sure that that's true.

  2. 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.

  3. Jason Frier:

    Everybody who’s in our situation really is deserving of and needs some of this relief, it would help break this sort of vicious cycle we’re in and allow us to make the investments we need to get back up on our feet.

  4. Ernest Bai Koroma:

    This is the festive season where Sierra Leoneans often celebrate with families in a flamboyant and joyous manner, but all must be reminded that our country is at war with a vicious enemy.

  5. Joe Bidens:

    I know youve seen whats been online, the vicious, vicious threats and things theyve said, the misogynistic things theyve said, referring to the women who are leaders of the Culinary Union and the things that theyve said about them. And, actually, theyve received death threats. I mean, this is way, way -- this is Trump-like -- way over the line. And I think Bernie has to be -- he has to disavow this. He has to say, I disassociate, I dont want any of those people being with me.

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