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English adjective: vicious | |||
| 1. | vicious (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering | ||
| Samples | A barbarous crime. Brutal beatings. Cruel tortures. Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks. A savage slap. Vicious kicks. | ||
| Synonyms | barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage | ||
| Similar | inhumane | ||
| Antonyms | humane | ||
| 2. | vicious having the nature of vice | ||
| Synonyms | evil | ||
| Similar | wicked | ||
| Antonyms | virtuous | ||
| 3. | vicious bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure | ||
| Samples | A criminal waste of talent. A deplorable act of violence. Adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife. | ||
| Synonyms | condemnable, criminal, deplorable, reprehensible | ||
| Similar | wrong | ||
| Antonyms | right | ||
| 4. | vicious marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful | ||
| Samples | Poisonous hate. Venomous criticism. Vicious gossip. | ||
| Synonyms | poisonous, venomous | ||
| Similar | malicious | ||
| Antonyms | unmalicious | ||
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