Vicious
adjective
1.
addicted to or characterized by vice; grossly immoral; depraved; profligate:
a vicious life.
2.
given or readily disposed to evil:
a vicious criminal.
3.
reprehensible; blameworthy; wrong:
a vicious deception.
4.
spiteful; malicious:
vicious gossip; a vicious attack.
5.
unpleasantly severe:
a vicious headache.
6.
characterized or marred by faults or defects; faulty; unsound:
vicious reasoning.
7.
savage; ferocious:
They all feared his vicious temper.
8.
(of an animal) having bad habits or a cruel or fierce disposition:
a vicious bull.
9.
Archaic. morbid, foul, or noxious.
adjective
1.
wicked or cruel; villainous: a vicious thug
2.
characterized by violence or ferocity: a vicious blow
3.
(informal) unpleasantly severe; harsh: a vicious wind
4.
characterized by malice: vicious lies
5.
(esp of dogs, horses, etc) ferocious or hostile; dangerous
6.
characterized by or leading to vice
7.
invalidated by defects; unsound: a vicious inference
8.
(obsolete) noxious or morbid: a vicious exhalation
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