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   vicious

   /ˈvɪʃəs/

   adjective

   • 1. deliberately cruel or violent: "a vicious assault" Similar brutalferocioussavageviolentdangerousruthlessremorselessmercilessheartlesscallouscruelharshcold-bloodedinhumanfiercebarbarousbarbaricbrutishbestialbloodthirstybloodyfiendishsadisticmonstrousvillainousmurderoushomicidalheinousatrociousdiabolicalterribledreadfulawfulgriminformal:beastlyarchaic:fellsanguinarymaliciousmalevolentmalignantmalignspitefulvindictivevenomouspoisonousbalefulvirulentperniciousbackbitingrancorouscausticmeancruelbitteracrimonioushostilehate-filledmenacingnastyunpleasantevildefamatoryslanderousinformal:bitchycattyliterary:maleficmaleficentOpposite gentlekindlybenevolent
   • ▪ (of an animal) wild and dangerous to people: "the dog was vicious and likely to bite"
   • ▪ serious or dangerous: "a vicious flu bug"
   • 2. immoral: literary "every soul on earth, virtuous or vicious, shall perish"
   • 3. (of language or a line of reasoning) imperfect; defective. archaic

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘characterized by immorality’): from Old French vicious or Latin vitiosus, from vitium ‘vice’.

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   What is a vicious rumor?

   • A vicious concoction. Marked by an aggressive disposition. Used chiefly of animals. Malicious; spiteful; mean. A vicious rumor. From Anglo-Norman vicious, Old French vicious (modern French vicieux), from Latin vitiōsus, from vitium (“fault, vice"). She thinks she is some kind of vicious animal.

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   • 1. wicked or cruel; villainous: a vicious thug. 2. characterized by violence or ferocity: a vicious blow. 3. informal unpleasantly severe; harsh: a vicious wind. 4. characterized by malice: vicious lies. 7. invalidated by defects; unsound: a vicious inference. 8. obsolete noxious or morbid: a vicious exhalation.

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