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Synonyms for vicious
ˈvɪʃ əsvi·cious

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English Synonyms and Antonyms2.3 / 3 votes

  1. vicious

    Every criminal act is illegal or unlawful, but illegal or unlawful acts may not be criminal. Offenses against public law are criminal; offenses against private rights are merely illegal or unlawful. As a general rule, all acts punishable by fine or imprisonment or both, are criminal in view of the law. It is illegal for a man to trespass on another's land, but it is not criminal; the trespasser is liable to a civil suit for damages, but not to indictment, fine, or imprisonment. A felonious act is a criminal act of an aggravated kind, which is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary or by death. A flagitious crime is one that brings public odium. Vicious refers to the indulgence of evil appetites, habits, or passions; vicious acts are not necessarily criminal, or even illegal; we speak of a vicious horse. That which is iniquitous, i. e., contrary to equity, may sometimes be done under the forms of law. Ingratitude is sinful, hypocrisy is wicked, but neither is punishable by human law; hence, neither is criminal or illegal. Compare SIN.

    Synonyms:
    abominable, criminal, culpable, felonious, flagitious, guilty, illegal, immoral, iniquitous, nefarious, sinful, unlawful, vile, wicked, wrong

    Antonyms:
    innocent, just, lawful, legal, meritorious, moral, right, virtuous

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. vicious

    Synonyms:
    corrupt, faulty, defective, bad, morbid, peccant, debased, profligate, unruly, impure, depraved

    Antonyms:
    pure, sound, perfect, virtuous, healthy

Princeton's WordNet4.4 / 5 votes

  1. barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, viciousadjective

    (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

    "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"

    Synonyms:
    wild, uncivilized, fierce, savage, deplorable, reprehensible, fell, beastly, unrelenting, venomous, criminal, brute(a), condemnable, roughshod, barbaric, evil, feral, cruel, poisonous, barbarous, furious, ferocious, barbarian, heavy-handed, brutish, bestial, brutal, ferine, uncivilised

    Antonyms:
    unmalicious, humane, right, virtuous

  2. evil, viciousadjective

    having the nature of vice

    Synonyms:
    malefic, savage, deplorable, reprehensible, fell, venomous, criminal, evil, condemnable, roughshod, malign, malevolent, cruel, barbarous, poisonous, brutal

    Antonyms:
    humane, right, virtuous, unmalicious

  3. condemnable, criminal, deplorable, reprehensible, viciousadjective

    bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure

    "a criminal waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of violence"; "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife"

    Synonyms:
    felonious, savage, reprehensible, fell, pitiful, venomous, criminal, miserable, lamentable, deplorable, roughshod, evil, cruel, barbarous, poisonous, woeful, condemnable, wretched, distressing, execrable, brutal, sorry, sad

    Antonyms:
    humane, unmalicious, virtuous, right

  4. poisonous, venomous, viciousadjective

    marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful

    "poisonous hate"; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip"

    Synonyms:
    virulent, toxicant, deplorable, savage, barbarous, reprehensible, fell, venomous, criminal, condemnable, roughshod, cruel, poisonous, evil, deadly, brutal

    Antonyms:
    right, humane, unmalicious, virtuous

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. viciousadjective

    Synonyms:
    faulty, defective, imperfect

  2. viciousadjective

    Synonyms:
    wicked, mischievous, depraved, immoral, sinful, corrupt, unprincipled, abandoned, demoralized, bad, worthless, profligate

  3. viciousadjective

    Synonyms:
    unruly, refractory, contrary

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. viciousadjective

    Synonyms:
    immoral, evil, defective, faulty, imperfect, refractory, unruly, unmanageable, foul, noxious, malignant, hateful

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How to use vicious in a sentence?

  1. Joe Biden:

    People around the world no longer need to fear the vicious and determined killer. The United States continues to demonstrate our resolve and our capacity to defend the American people against those who seek to do us harm.

  2. Ali Khamenei:

    They wish to plot against our Sepah (the Guards) ... it is in the frontline of confronting enemies of our (1979 Islamic) revolution and has always defended the country ... America has failed to block our advancements, in spite of all the pressure in the past 40 years, Americans have failed to do a damn thing and their vicious move will bear no fruit.

  3. President Trump:

    I don't want to hear the tape. No reason for me to hear the tape, i know everything that went on in the tape without having to hear it. ... It was very violent, very vicious and terrible.

  4. President Trump:

    Liz Cheney, you're fired, wyoming deserves a congresswoman who stands up for you and your values, not one who spends all of her time putting you down and going after your president in the most vicious way possible.

  5. Donald Trump:

    She wanted to breast pump in front of me and I may have said that's disgusting, I may have said something else. I thought it was terrible, she's a vicious, horrible person.


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