What does vicious mean?
Definitions for vicious
ˈvɪʃ əsvi·cious
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Princeton's WordNet
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"
evil, viciousadjective
having the nature of vice
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"
poisonous, venomous, viciousadjective
marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
"poisonous hate"; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip"
Wiktionary
viciousadjective
Pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity.
viciousadjective
Evil, immoral or depraved.
viciousadjective
Violent, destructive and cruel.
viciousadjective
Savage and aggressive.
Etymology: From vicious, vicious (modern French vicieux), from vitiosus, from vitium.
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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
Viciousadjective
characterized by vice or defects; defective; faulty; imperfect
Viciousadjective
addicted to vice; corrupt in principles or conduct; depraved; wicked; as, vicious children; vicious examples; vicious conduct
Viciousadjective
wanting purity; foul; bad; noxious; as, vicious air, water, etc
Viciousadjective
not correct or pure; corrupt; as, vicious language; vicious idioms
Viciousadjective
not well tamed or broken; given to bad tricks; unruly; refractory; as, a vicious horse
Viciousadjective
bitter; spiteful; malignant
The Roycroft Dictionary
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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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of vicious in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of vicious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of vicious in a Sentence
University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.
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.
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.
Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield:
Vicious minds abound with anger and revenge are incapable of feeling the pleasure of forgiving their enemies.
Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature, whenever they may find occasion for it.
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