vicious
Violent, destructive and cruel.
Other meanings
Savage and aggressive.
Pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity.
Synonyms
- evil
Related words
- vicious circle
- vicious cycle
- vicious intromission
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "vitiōsus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “vicious” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.