vicious

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.

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[Middle English, from Old French vicieus, from Latin vitiōsus, from vitium, vice.]

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vi′cious·ly adv.

vi′cious·ness n.

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

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.

Thesaurus

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" barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, savage, roughshod 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     evil 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" condemnable, criminal, reprehensible, deplorable 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" venomous, poisonous malicious - having the nature of or resulting from malice; "malicious gossip"; "took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince"- Rudyard Kipling

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

2. depraved, corrupt, wicked, infamous, degraded, worthless, degenerate, immoral, sinful, debased, profligate, unprincipled a vicious criminal incapable of remorse
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

vicious

adjective

1. Morally objectionable:

bad, black, evil, immoral, iniquitous, peccant, reprobate, sinful, wicked, wrong.

2. Characterized by intense ill will or spite:

black, despiteful, evil, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, poisonous, spiteful, venomous, wicked.

Slang: bitchy.

3. So intense as to cause extreme suffering:

cruel, ferocious, fierce, savage.

4. Showing or suggesting a disposition to be violently destructive without scruple or restraint:

barbarous, bestial, cruel, fell, feral, ferocious, fierce, inhuman, savage, truculent, wolfish.

Translations

أَثِيمقاسٍ، شِرّير، مُحْتَمَل أن يُهاجِم

krutýútočnýzlý

ondskabsfuld

bösartigboshaftböswillig

διεστραμμένοςφαύλος

cruelfieromalintencionadovicioso

raju

vicieuxméchant

okrutan

illviljaîur; grimmur

brutalemalignovizioso

ひどい

나쁜

niršus

ļaunsnikns

wreed

ondsinnet

bezwzględny

violento

порочный

hudobenizprijenpokvarjen

illvillig

ที่ร้ายแรง

kötüzalimacımasız

xấu xa

凶恶的恶意的

vicious

[ˈvɪʃəs]

A. ADJ

1. (= brutal) [person, gang] → despiadado; [attack, assault, crime] → atroz, brutal; [animal] → agresivo, fiero
a vicious-looking knife → un cuchillo de aspecto horrorífico

2. (= malicious) [criticism, campaign] → despiadado, cruel; [remark] → malicioso
to have a vicious temper → tener muy mal genio
to have a vicious tongue → tener una lengua viperina

B. CPD vicious circle N → círculo m vicioso
to be caught in a vicious circle → estar atrapado en un círculo vicioso

vicious

[ˈvɪʃəs] adj

(= brutal) [person, attack, assault, murder, crime] → brutal(e); [blow] → vicieux/euse; [gang] → violent(e)

(= ferocious) [dog] → vicieux/euse

(= malicious) [remark, letter] → acerbe; [lie] → cruel(le); [campaign] → odieux/eusevicious circle n → cercle m vicieux

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

(inf: = strong, nasty) headache → fies (inf), → gemein (inf)

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/a
a vicious habit → un vizio

vicious

(ˈviʃəs) adjective

evil; cruel; likely to attack or cause harm. Keep back from that dog – it's vicious. moordlustig قاسٍ، شِرّير، مُحْتَمَل أن يُهاجِم злобен mau zlý, útočný bösartig ondskabsfuld κακός, μοχθηρός, άγριος, επιθετικόςcruel, malintencionado tige بدجنس؛ بی رحم häijy méchant אַכזָרִי दुराचारी zao, loše naravi gonosz, rosszindulatú, harapós galak illviljaður; grimmur cattivo 邪悪な 악덕의 piktas, niršus nikns; ļauns kejam wreed, gemeenkrakilsk, ustyrlig, ondskapsfullzły, złośliwymau rău злобный zlý, útočný hudoben opasan elak, ond, ilsken ที่ดุร้าย (ใช้กับสัตว์) zalim, acımasız, kötü 惡意的，兇惡的 злий, злобний بدمعاش، برا، بے رحم xấu xa, đầy ác ý 凶恶的

ˈviciously adverb

moordlustig بصورَةٍ شِرّيرَه او قاسِيَه порочно cruelmente neřestně bösartig ondskabsfuldt μοχθηρά, άγρια cruelmente, malintencionadamente tigedalt بدجنسانه häijysti méchamment בְּרִשעוּת दुष्टतापूर्वक, दुष्ट भाव से zlo, zločesto gonoszul dengan galak grimmilega con cattiveria 意地悪く 사악하게 piktai nikni; ļauni dgn kejam wreed, gemeenkrakilsk, ondskapsfullt złośliwie cruelmente cu răutate злобно zákerne, útočne hudobno opasno elakt, ondskefullt, ilsket อย่างชั่วร้าย kötü maksatla, şiddetle 惡意地, 兇惡地 зло شرارت سے xấu xa, đầy ác ý 凶残地，邪恶地

ˈviciousness noun

moordlustigheid شَر، فَساد، رداءَه поквара crueldade špatnost die Bösartigkeit ondskabsfuldhed μοχθηρότητα, κακίαcrueldad, maldad, perversidad tigedus بدجنسی؛ شرارت häijyys méchancetéרשעות अधर्म, दुराचारिता zloća gonoszság kegalakan grimmd cattiveria 悪徳 사악함 piktumas niknums; ļaunums kekejaman wreedheid, gemeenheidondskap, ustyrlighetzłośliwość, przewrotność maldade răutate злобность útočnosť, hriešnosť, podlosť, zákernosť hudobnost opasnost elakhet, ondskefullhet, argsinthet ความชั่วร้าย kötülük, şiddet 惡意, 兇惡 злоба بدطينتي sự xấu xa, đầy ác ý 凶残，恶意，邪恶

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

vicious

a. [ridden by vice] vicioso-a, depravado-a;

adv. viciosamente, malvadamente.