vicious
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vi·cious
(vĭsh′əs)adj.
1. Mean-spirited or deliberately hurtful; malicious: vicious gossip.
2.
a. Extremely violent or injurious; cruel: a vicious blow to the stomach; vicious tactics in suppressing a rebellion.
b. Marked by an aggressive disposition. Used chiefly of animals.
c. Disposed to violent or destructive behavior: a vicious dictator.
3. Severe, powerful, or intense; fierce: a vicious storm.
4.
a. Having the nature of vice; evil, immoral, or depraved: "All men who succeed ... in finance in New York at last ... return to their native towns, assert that cities are vicious, marry their childhood sweethearts" (Sinclair Lewis).
b. Given to vice, immorality, or depravity: "The sum and substance of it was, That Oliver was a foundling, born of low and vicious parents" (Charles Dickens).
5. Faulty or defective: a forced, vicious style of prose.
[Middle English, from Old French vicieus, from Latin vitiōsus, from vitium, vice.]
vi′cious·ly adv.
vi′cious·ness n.
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vicious
(ˈvɪʃəs)adj
1. wicked or cruel; villainous: a vicious thug.
2. characterized by violence or ferocity: a vicious blow.
3. informal unpleasantly severe; harsh: a vicious wind.
4. characterized by malice: vicious lies.
5. (esp of dogs, horses, etc) ferocious or hostile; dangerous
6. characterized by or leading to vice
7. invalidated by defects; unsound: a vicious inference.
8. obsolete noxious or morbid: a vicious exhalation.
[C14: from Old French vicieus, from Latin vitiōsus full of faults, from vitium a defect]
ˈviciously adv
ˈviciousness n
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vi•cious
(ˈvɪʃ əs)adj.
1. addicted to or characterized by vice; immoral or evil; depraved.
2. spiteful; malicious: vicious gossip.
3. unpleasantly severe or intense: a vicious headache.
4. savage; ferocious: a vicious temper.
5. (of an animal) unruly, fierce, or of a violent disposition.
6. characterized by faults or defects; unsound: vicious reasoning.
7. morbid, foul, or noxious.
[1300–50; < Latin vitiōsus, derivative of viti(um) fault, vice1]
vi′cious•ly, adv.
vi′cious•ness, n.
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Adj. | 1. | vicious - (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" inhumane - lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion; "humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world"; "biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used" |
2. | vicious - having the nature of vice wicked - morally bad in principle or practice | |
3. | vicious - 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" wrong - contrary to conscience or morality or law; "it is wrong for the rich to take advantage of the poor"; "cheating is wrong"; "it is wrong to lie" | |
4. | vicious - marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful; "poisonous hate"; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip" malicious - having the nature of or resulting from malice; "malicious gossip"; "took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince"- Rudyard Kipling |
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vicious
adjective
1. savage, brutal, violent, bad, dangerous, foul, cruel, ferocious, monstrous, vile, atrocious, diabolical, heinous, abhorrent, barbarous, fiendish He suffered a vicious attack by a gang of youths.
savage kind, friendly, gentle, tame, playful, docile
savage kind, friendly, gentle, tame, playful, docile
2. depraved, corrupt, wicked, infamous, degraded, worthless, degenerate, immoral, sinful, debased, profligate, unprincipled a vicious criminal incapable of remorse
depraved good, upright, honourable, virtuous
depraved good, upright, honourable, virtuous
3. malicious, vindictive, spiteful, mean, cruel, venomous, bitchy (informal), defamatory, rancorous, backbiting, slanderous a vicious attack on an innocent woman's character
malicious complimentary, appreciative, congratulatory
malicious complimentary, appreciative, congratulatory
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
vicious
adjective1. Morally objectionable:
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Translations
أَثِيمقاسٍ، شِرّير، مُحْتَمَل أن يُهاجِم
krutýútočnýzlý
ondskabsfuld
raju
okrutan
illviljaîur; grimmur
ひどい
나쁜
niršus
ļaunsnikns
hudobenizprijenpokvarjen
illvillig
ที่ร้ายแรง
xấu xa
vicious
[ˈvɪʃəs]A. ADJ
B. CPD vicious circle N → círculo m vicioso
to be caught in a vicious circle → estar atrapado en un círculo vicioso
to be caught in a vicious circle → estar atrapado en un círculo vicioso
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
vicious
[ˈvɪʃəs] adj (= brutal) [person, attack, assault, murder, crime] → brutal(e); [blow] → vicieux/euse; [gang] → violent(e)
(= ferocious) [dog] → vicieux/euse
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
vicious
adj
animal → bösartig; dog → bissig; blow, kick, gang, attack, crime, criminal → brutal; murder → grauenhaft, brutal; campaign → bösartig, gemein; that animal can be vicious → das Tier kann heimtückisch sein; to have a vicious temper → jähzornig sein
(= nasty) → gemein, boshaft; remark → boshaft, gehässig; look → boshaft, böse; to have a vicious tongue → eine böse or spitze Zunge haben
habit → lasterhaft
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
vicious
[ˈvɪʃəs] adj (attack) → brutale; (blow, kick) → dato/a con cattiveria, violento/a; (animal) → cattivo/a; (remark, criticism) → crudele; (glare) → malevolo/a, d'odio; (tongue) → velenoso/aa vicious habit → un vizio
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
vicious
(ˈviʃəs) adjective evil; cruel; likely to attack or cause harm. Keep back from that dog – it's vicious.
ˈviciously adverbˈviciousness noun
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
vicious
→ أَثِيم krutý ondskabsfuld bösartig διεστραμμένος fiero raju vicieux okrutan brutale ひどい 나쁜 wreed ondsinnet bezwzględny violento порочный illvillig ที่ร้ายแรง kötü xấu xa 恶意的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
vicious
a. [ridden by vice] vicioso-a, depravado-a;
adv. viciosamente, malvadamente.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012