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- pronunciation:
- vI
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
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 |
adverb + (adj.)vicious
downright, exceptionally, extremely, most, particularly, transcendently, unusually
(adj.)vicious
+ adverb
bloody, seemingly
(adj.)vicious
+ noun
accusation,
act,
aggression,
allegation,
anti-semitism,
arc,
assassination,
assault,
attack,
attacker,
battle,
beast,
beating,
bigot,
bite,
blow,
bull,
campaign,
caricature,
circle,
circularity,
claw,
competition,
creature,
crime,
criminal,
custody,
cycle,
demon,
dictator,
dictatorship,
discrimination,
disposition,
dog,
elbow,
enemy,
evil,
extremist,
feud,
fight,
fighting,
gang,
gossip,
guerrilla,
habit,
harassment,
hate,
hatred,
hit,
hook,
infighting,
insurgency,
kick,
killer,
killing,
laughter,
liberal,
lie,
method,
mob,
monster,
murder,
murderer,
pimp,
pit,
poverty,
predator,
prejudice,
propaganda,
punch,
punishment,
punk,
racist,
rapist,
revenge,
rumor,
scar,
self-righteousness,
slave,
snake,
spiral,
stab,
storm,
streak,
struggle,
swing,
swipe,
tactic,
temper,
terror,
thief,
thug,
violence,
warfare,
wind,
witch
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| derivations: |
viciously (adv.), viciousness (n.) |
The word vicious
contains the following part:
-ous, -ious
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means full of, characterized by
  More about this word part:
The suffix "-ous
, -ious
" attaches to Latin, Greek, and native English roots
Example words:
adventurous, ambiguous, amorous, amorphous, anadromous, androgynous, anomalous, apetalous, apocarpous, apterous, aqueous, atrocious, auspicious, avaricious, azygous, captious, carnivorous, chromous, coterminous, covetous, curious, delicious, diadromous, diaphanous, dicephalous, dioecious, disingenuous, egregious, endogenous, enormous, epigynous, euphonious, extemporaneous, ferocious, fortuitous, generous, glorious, gracious, gregarious, heterogamous, heterogeneous, homogeneous, homogenous, homologous, homopterous, hydrous, hypogynous, illustrious, impecunious, impervious, incommodious, incongruous, inconspicuous, indecorous, infamous, infelicitous, innocuous, intravenous, isogenous, isomerous, joyous, judicious, laborious, ludicrous, lustrous, magnanimous, malicious, malodorous, monoclinous, monoecious, multiparous, nauseous, perigynous, poisonous, porous, precious, quadrumanous, ramous, rebellious, spacious, subaqueous, synchronous, tubuliflorous, unanimous, valorous, vicious, wondrous, xerophilous
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