vicious
71
4.9
- adjective
- /ˈvɪʃəs/
:
vil
- The vicious attacks on her character were totally uncalled for.
- a vicious act
- most vicious
- vicious methods
I mean, this is the most vicious kind of ideological capture.
- I mean, this is the most vicious kind of ideological capture.
- So you're not just saying good or bad, virtuous or vicious or something in between.
- Oh, oh, God, she is a vicious, vicious lady.
- And she's a vicious, vicious woman.
- It's, it's got a vicious, inhuman, cruel quality about it.
- The the current president of the court, Judge Salam, has a vicious anti Israel track record.
- Procopius describes the imperial couple as vicious, scheming, and, above all, greedy for money.
- They're so incompetent and they're mean and they're vicious.
- They're they're self contemptuous, they're vicious.
- There is no but there's just vicious and horrible Trump.
Examples
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I mean, this is the most vicious kind of ideological capture.
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The peaceful leader of this country has asked me to appeal to you, Mr. President to stop your vicious, imperialistic tactics around the globe.
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Oh, oh, God, she is a vicious, vicious lady.
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Oh, you vicious, vicious man!
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And now I saw that I had transferred these vicious feelings to my sons.
Fiction book (1995) -
Dr Jones, we're all vulnerable to vicious rumours.
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The difficulty is that a vicious circle exists between these goals and the goal of economic development.
Academic text (1992) -
There was something menacing in the voice, something vicious in his expression barely concealed.
Fiction book (1999) -
She needs to sound like the most vicious creature you've ever encountered.
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He received strong criticism for his vicious comments about the minority group.
Synonyms
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1.2
Being very bad and morally wrong, often causing harm to others
522
2.7
Willing to cause pain or suffering to others
289
2.8
Unkind and too strict in what someone says or does to others
268
4.9
Very bad or offensive in a moral way
229
4.8
Very cruel and violent, causing pain or suffering
152
4.9
Not feeling sorry for others and hurting them on purpose
149
4.6
A person or action that is very bad and cruel
91
8.1
Extremely evil and cruel, as if caused by the devil
90
3.7
Very wrong and deserving strong blame
89
5.8
Wanting to hurt someone or damage their good name
50
7.9
Morally wrong and deserving strong criticism
38
6.8
Very bad and unacceptable, deserving strong criticism
20
8.2
Very unpleasant and likely to make people feel strong dislike
15
7.1
Very bad in a moral way and deserving strong blame
10
7.9
Being very cruel and evil and making others suffer
6
6.3
Showing strong hate and wanting to hurt someone
1
7.5
Deserving strong criticism for being wrong
1
9.9
A very wicked and criminal act that shocks people
Showing strong hate and trying to hurt someone
Being cruel and speaking sharp words like a poisonous snake
Being mean and trying to hurt people in a secret, sneaky way
Unkind and petty in a way that hurts other people
Mean and unfair in a way that hurts others
Antonyms
Compounds
How Wicked
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Vicious comes from the same root as vice, which means a moral 'fault' or bad habit. So something vicious is morally 'wrong' and deserves strong criticism.