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.
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.
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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
vicious
adjectiveTranslations
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
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
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
vicious
(ˈviʃəs) adjective evil; cruel; likely to attack or cause harm. Keep back from that dog – it's vicious.
ˈviciously adverbˈviciousness noun
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.