meaning of vicious
1. Characterized by vice or defects; defective; faulty; imperfect.
2. Addicted to vice; corrupt in principles or conduct; depraved; wicked; as, vicious children; vicious examples; vicious conduct.
3. Wanting purity; foul; bad; noxious; as, vicious air, water, etc.
4. Not correct or pure; corrupt; as, vicious language; vicious idioms.
5. Not well tamed or broken; given to bad tricks; unruly; refractory; as, a vicious horse.
6. Bitter; spiteful; malignant.
7. marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful; "a malevolent lie"; "poisonous hate. . . in his eyes"- Ernest Hemingway; "venomous criticism"; "vicious
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Related Words
vicious | vicious circle | vicious cycle | viciously | viciousness |
