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viciousness (noun)

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  • viciousness — vicious ► ADJECTIVE 1) cruel or violent. 2) (of an animal) wild and dangerous. 3) literary immoral. DERIVATIVES viciously adverb viciousness noun. ORIGIN Latin vitiosus, from vitium vice …   English terms dictionary

  • viciousness — noun see vicious …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • viciousness — noun a) The characteristic of being vicious. b) The desire to cause harm to others; extreme cruelty. Syn: viciosity, vitiosity …   Wiktionary

  • viciousness — noun the trait of extreme cruelty • Syn: ↑ferociousness, ↑brutality, ↑savagery • Derivationally related forms: ↑vicious, ↑brutal (for: ↑brutality), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • viciousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A desire to harm others or to see others suffer: despitefulness, ill will, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignancy, malignity, meanness, nastiness, poisonousness, spite, spitefulness, venomousness. See ATTITUDE …   English dictionary for students

  • vicious — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French vicios, from Latin vitiosus full of faults, corrupt, from vitium vice Date: 14th century 1. having the nature or quality of vice or immorality ; depraved 2. defective, faulty; also invalid 3 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • vicious — adjective 1》 cruel or violent.     ↘(of an animal) wild and dangerous. 2》 literary immoral. 3》 archaic (of language or reasoning) imperfect; defective. Derivatives viciously adverb viciousness noun Origin ME: from OFr. vicious or L. vitiosus,… …   English new terms dictionary

  • vicious — adjective 1 violent and dangerous, and likely to hurt someone: a vicious attack | a vicious criminal | Keep away from that dog, he can be vicious. 2 cruel and deliberately trying to hurt someone s feelings or make their character seem bad: Sarah… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • vicious */ — UK [ˈvɪʃəs] / US adjective 1) extremely violent a vicious attack/assault a vicious act of violence a vicious thug/killer a vicious animal He had a cruel and vicious streak. 2) extremely unkind or unpleasant It was only a vicious rumour. He had a… …   English dictionary

  • vicious — /ˈvɪʃəs / (say vishuhs) adjective 1. characterised by brutal violence: a vicious attack. 2. characterised by a brutally violent disposition. 3. addicted to or characterised by vice or immorality; depraved; profligate. 4. given or disposed to… …  

  • vicious — ► ADJECTIVE 1) cruel or violent. 2) (of an animal) wild and dangerous. 3) literary immoral. DERIVATIVES viciously adverb viciousness noun. ORIGIN Latin vitiosus, from vitium vice …   English terms dictionary

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