VICIOUS as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • marked by deep ill will
   • deliberately harmful
   Synonym(s)
   • poisonous (what does poisonous mean?)
   • venomous (what does venomous mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a malevolent lie
   • poisonous hate…in his eyes- Ernest Hemingway
   • venomous criticism
   • vicious gossip
   Similar To
   • malevolent (what does malevolent mean?)
   • malicious (what does malicious mean?)
2. Meaning
   • (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
   Synonym(s)
   • barbarous (what does barbarous mean?)
   • brutal (what does brutal mean?)
   • cruel (what does cruel mean?)
   • fell (what does fell mean?)
   • roughshod (what does roughshod mean?)
   • savage (what does savage mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a barbarous crime
   • brutal beatings
   • cruel tortures
   • Stalin’’s roughshod treatment of the kulaks
   • a savage slap
   • vicious kicks
   Similar To
   • inhumane (what does inhumane mean?)
3. Meaning
   • having the nature of vice
   Synonym(s)
   • depraved (what does depraved mean?)
   • evil (what does evil mean?)
   Similar To
   • wicked (what does wicked mean?)