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vicious

 
Adjective vicious has 3 senses
  1. barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious - (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"
    Antonym: humane (indirect, via inhumane)
  2. depraved, evil, vicious - having the nature of vice
    Antonym: virtuous (indirect, via wicked)
  3. poisonous, venomous, vicious - marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful; "a malevolent lie"; "poisonous hate...in his eyes"- Ernest Hemingway; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip"
    Antonyms: benevolent, good (indirect, via malevolent)
vicia sepium vicia villosa viciate vicicous vicinal vicinial vicinity vicinty vicious vicious circle vicious cycle viciously viciousness viciss vicissim vicissitude vicissitudes

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