What is another word for vicious?

Common synonyms for vicious include barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, inhumane.

vicious

Words that rhyme with vicious include delicious, suspicious, ambitious, malicious, fictitious, nutritious.

/ˈvɪʃəs/adjective2 syllables

Vicious means: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering.

adjective, as in (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, inhumane

adjective, as in bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure

condemnable, criminal, deplorable, reprehensible, wrong

adjective, as in marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful

adjective, as in having the nature of vice

also used for vicious

scathy

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adjective

(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering“a barbarous crime”

bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure“a criminal waste of talent”

marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful“poisonous hate”

having the nature of vice

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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superstitious

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To supress the rebellion, the government sent in vicious swarms of bees.DylanTonic
The answer leads us to a vicious circle.AlanF_US
The rubber band broke with a vicious snap.unknown
Any virtuous idea can be vicious in itself.unknown
It is difficult to break the vicious circle of wages and prices.unknown
He gave the barking dog a vicious kick.CM
This situation seems to be a vicious circle.AlanF_US
Ziri ran immediately away from the vicious creature.Amastan

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