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viciousness
vi·cious V0088700 (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.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | viciousness - the trait of extreme crueltybrutality, ferociousness, savagerycruelness, cruelty, harshness - the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance |
viciousnessnoun1. savagery, cruelty, brutality, ferocity, ruthlessness, sadism, inhumanity, barbarity, bestiality, fierceness, bloodthirstiness the intensity and viciousness of this attack
savagery mercy, kindness, gentleness2. malice, spite, malevolence, vindictiveness, bitterness, venom, rancour, bitchiness (slang), malignity, spitefulness, maliciousness the razor-sharp viciousness of his remarks
malice goodwill, graciousness3. depravity, evil, wickedness, vice, corruption, criminality, immorality, profligacy, badness, sinfulness The book romanticizes the viciousness of organized crime.
depravity virtue, goodnessviciousnessnounA desire to harm others or to see others suffer:despitefulness, ill will, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignancy, malignity, meanness, nastiness, poisonousness, spite, spitefulness, venomousness.Translationsvicious (ˈviʃəs) adjective evil; cruel; likely to attack or cause harm. Keep back from that dog – it's vicious. 惡意的，兇惡的 凶恶的ˈviciously adverb 惡意地, 兇惡地 凶残地，邪恶地 ˈviciousness noun 惡意, 兇惡 凶残，恶意，邪恶 IdiomsSeeviciousviciousness
Related to viciousness: extensively, perpetuallySynonyms for viciousnessnoun savagerySynonyms- savagery
- cruelty
- brutality
- ferocity
- ruthlessness
- sadism
- inhumanity
- barbarity
- bestiality
- fierceness
- bloodthirstiness
Antonymsnoun maliceSynonyms- malice
- spite
- malevolence
- vindictiveness
- bitterness
- venom
- rancour
- bitchiness
- malignity
- spitefulness
- maliciousness
Antonymsnoun depravitySynonyms- depravity
- evil
- wickedness
- vice
- corruption
- criminality
- immorality
- profligacy
- badness
- sinfulness
AntonymsSynonyms for viciousnessnoun a desire to harm others or to see others sufferSynonyms- despitefulness
- ill will
- malevolence
- malice
- maliciousness
- malignancy
- malignity
- meanness
- nastiness
- poisonousness
- spite
- spitefulness
- venomousness
Synonyms for viciousnessnoun the trait of extreme crueltySynonyms- brutality
- ferociousness
- savagery
Related Words- cruelness
- cruelty
- harshness
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