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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
given to or characterized by violence or cruelty; savage; fierce.
The dog had been trained to be vicious and had become a danger even to his owner.Her injuries showed that she had been the victim of a vicious attack.- synonyms:
- cruel, ferocious, fierce, savage, violent
- antonyms:
- gentle
- similar words:
- barbaric, barbarous, brutal, brute, dangerous, evil, merciless, predatory, ruthless, slashing, truculent, wild
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| definition 2: |
characterized by vice; wicked; immoral.
He left his home and embarked on a vicious life in the city.- synonyms:
- atrocious, evil, flagitious, heinous, immoral, nefarious, wicked
- antonyms:
- virtuous
- similar words:
- abhorrent, base, contemptible, despicable, fiendish, foul, infamous, loathsome, odious, poisonous, reprobate, vile, villainous
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| definition 3: |
malicious.
What he told you was a vicious lie.Why would he make such a vicious remark?- synonyms:
- malevolent, malicious, malign, rancorous, spiteful, vindictive
- antonyms:
- benevolent, kindly
- similar words:
- acerbic, antagonistic, caustic, cruel, evil, hateful, hostile, predatory, sardonic, venomous
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| related words: |
atrocious, barbarian, bloodthirsty, cutting, destructive, evil, gory, heinous, injurious, mean, nasty, nefarious, satanic, tough, virulent, wanton |
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| derivations: |
viciously (adv.), viciousness (n.) |
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