All vicious synonyms
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V v noun vicious
- atrociousness β The state of being atrocious.
- barbarity β If you refer to someone's behaviour as barbarity, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel.
- cussedness β cursed.
- lubricity β oily smoothness, as of a surface; slipperiness.
- callousness β made hard; hardened.
- atrocity β An atrocity is a very cruel, shocking action.
- brutality β Brutality is cruel and violent treatment or behaviour. A brutality is an instance of cruel and violent treatment or behaviour.
- cruelness β The state of being cruel; cruelty.
- boorishness β of or like a boor; unmannered; crude; insensitive.
- ferociousness β savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating.
- fierceness β menacingly wild, savage, or hostile: fierce animals; a fierce look.
- monstrousness β frightful or hideous, especially in appearance; extremely ugly.
- cruelty β Cruelty is behaviour that deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals.
adj vicious
- lousy β infested with lice.
- browned off β If you say that you are browned off, you mean that you are annoyed and depressed.
- dickens β Charles (John Huffam), pen name Boz. 1812β70, English novelist, famous for the humour and sympathy of his characterization and his criticism of social injustice. His major works include The Pickwick Papers (1837), Oliver Twist (1839), Nicholas Nickleby (1839), Old Curiosity Shop (1840β41), Martin Chuzzlewit (1844), David Copperfield (1850), Bleak House (1853), Little Dorrit (1857), and Great Expectations (1861)
- barbarous β If you describe something as barbarous, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is rough and uncivilized.
- furious β full of fury, violent passion, or rage; extremely angry; enraged: He was furious about the accident.
- flagitious β shamefully wicked, as persons, actions, or times.
- fiendish β diabolically cruel and wicked.
- maleficent β doing evil or harm; harmfully malicious: maleficent destroyers of reputations.
- imperfect β not perfect; lacking completeness: imperfect knowledge.
- ironfisted β ruthless, harsh, and tyrannical: an ironfisted dictator.
- hardline β an uncompromising or unyielding stand, especially in politics.
- dog-eat-dog β marked by destructive or ruthless competition; without self-restraint, ethics, etc.: It's a dog-eat-dog industry.
- hacked β to place (something) on a hack, as for drying or feeding.
- ferocity β a ferocious quality or state; savage fierceness.
- fierce β menacingly wild, savage, or hostile: fierce animals; a fierce look.
- cruel β Someone who is cruel deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals.
- malevolent β wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious: His failures made him malevolent toward those who were successful.
- monstrous β frightful or hideous, especially in appearance; extremely ugly.
- inhuman β lacking qualities of sympathy, pity, warmth, compassion, or the like; cruel; brutal: an inhuman master.
- desperate β If you are desperate, you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to try anything to change it.
- demoniac β of, like, or suggestive of a demon; demonic
- inhumane β not humane; lacking humanity, kindness, compassion, etc.
- dog eat dog β marked by destructive or ruthless competition; without self-restraint, ethics, etc.: It's a dog-eat-dog industry.
adjective vicious
- backbiting β If you accuse someone of backbiting, you mean that they say unpleasant or unkind things about someone who is not present, especially in order to stop them doing well at work.
- wildness β living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated: a wild animal; wild geese.
- exquisite β Extremely beautiful and, typically, delicate.
- erosive β Of or pertaining to erosion.
- flagitous β (archaic) wicked, reprehensible.
- ogreish β a monstrously ugly, cruel, or barbarous person.
- mephitical β Alternative form of mephitic.
- wanton β done, shown, used, etc., maliciously or unjustifiably: a wanton attack; wanton cruelty.
- wicked β evil or morally bad in principle or practice; sinful; iniquitous: wicked people; wicked habits.
- nonliterate β preliterate.
- wrong β not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- hardboiled β Alternative spelling of hard-boiled.
- mean β to intend for a particular purpose, destination, etc.: They were meant for each other. Synonyms: destine, foreordain.
- corrupt β Someone who is corrupt behaves in a way that is morally wrong, especially by doing dishonest or illegal things in return for money or power.