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Definitions for Vicious

[1] addicted to or characterized by vice; grossly immoral; depraved; profligate: a vicious life.
[2] given or readily disposed to evil: a vicious criminal.
[3] reprehensible; blameworthy; wrong: a vicious deception.
[4] spiteful; malicious: vicious gossip; a vicious attack.
[5] unpleasantly severe: a vicious headache.
[6] characterized or marred by faults or defects; faulty; unsound: vicious reasoning.
[7] savage; ferocious: They all feared his vicious temper.
[8] (of an animal) having bad habits or a cruel or fierce disposition: a vicious bull.
[9] Archaic . morbid, foul, or noxious.
[10] wicked or cruel; villainous a vicious thug
[11] characterized by violence or ferocity a vicious blow
[12] informal unpleasantly severe; harsh a vicious wind
[13] characterized by malice vicious lies
[14] (esp of dogs, horses, etc) ferocious or hostile; dangerous
[15] characterized by or leading to vice
[16] invalidated by defects; unsound a vicious inference
[17] obsolete noxious or morbid a vicious exhalation

Words related to Vicious

savage, monstrous, ferocious, vile, dangerous, atrocious, perverse, cruel, heinous, depraved, violent, nefarious, barbarous, diabolical, infamous, wicked, murderous, rancorous, spiteful, malicious

Words nearby Vicious

vichyite, vichyssoise, vicinage, vicinal, vicinity, vicious, vicious circle, vicissitude, vick, vickers, vickers number

Origin of Vicious

1300–50; Middle English (< Anglo-French ) < Latin vitiōsus, equivalent to viti(um ) fault, vice1 + -ōsus -ous

Words that may be confused with Vicious

vicious, viscose, viscous

Other words from Vicious

vi·cious·ly , adverb
vi·cious·ness , noun
un·vi·cious , adjective
un·vi·cious·ly , adverb
un·vi·cious·ness , noun

Word origin for Vicious

C14: from Old French vicieus, from Latin vitiōsus full of faults, from vitium a defect

Synonyms for Vicious

atrocious, barbarous, cruel, dangerous, depraved, diabolical, ferocious, heinous, infamous, monstrous, nefarious, perverse, savage, vile, violent, wicked, abandoned, abhorrent, bad, base, contaminated, debased, degenerate, degraded, demoralized, faulty, fiendish, flagitious, foul, immoral, impious, impure, indecent, iniquitous, insubordinate, lewd, libidinous, licentious, miscreant, profligate, putrid, reprehensible, reprobate, rotten, sinful, unprincipled, untamed, villainous, wild, worthless