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vicious
[ vish-uhs ]
adjective
vicious gossip;
a vicious attack.
Synonyms:
They all feared his vicious temper.
- (of an animal) having bad habits or a cruel or fierce disposition:
a vicious bull.
- unpleasantly severe:
a vicious headache.
a vicious life.
Synonyms: , , ,
Antonyms:
- given or readily disposed to evil:
a vicious criminal.
a vicious deception.
- characterized or marred by faults or defects; faulty; unsound:
vicious reasoning.
- Archaic. morbid, foul, or noxious.
vicious
/ ˈɪʃə /
adjective
- wicked or cruel; villainous
a vicious thug
- characterized by violence or ferocity
a vicious blow
- informal.unpleasantly severe; harsh
a vicious wind
- characterized by malice
vicious lies
- (esp of dogs, horses, etc) ferocious or hostile; dangerous
- characterized by or leading to vice
- invalidated by defects; unsound
a vicious inference
- obsolete.noxious or morbid
a vicious exhalation
Derived Forms
- ˈdzܲԱ, noun
- ˈdzܲ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- cdzܲ· adverb
- cdzܲ·Ա noun
- ܲ·cdzܲ adjective
- un·cdzܲ· adverb
- un·cdzܲ·Ա noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of vicious1
Example Sentences
They also made an effective job of developing the 2023 car, which was vicious at the start of the season, but much better by the end of it.
Virgil is vicious and terrifying, and, as Bailey puts it in an interview, “There is no quicker shorthand for a scumbag than someone who is beating up a defenseless woman.”
All of this creates a vicious cycle which feeds even more pressure back into an overwhelmed system, while entrenching disadvantage and fuelling distrust.
Because of threats against him and his family from Barrio 18, a vicious Salvadoran gang, Abrego García had fled that country as a young teenager.
“The Art of Personal Chaos” is Gaga’s answer to the loud, vicious barrage of garbage we’ve been flooded with.
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