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Definitions for Viciousness
[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 Viciousness
vicioussavage, monstrous, ferocious, vile, dangerous, atrocious, perverse, cruel, heinous, depraved, violent, nefarious, barbarous, diabolical, infamous, wicked, murderous, rancorous, spiteful, malicious
Words nearby Viciousness
viciousvichyite, vichyssoise, vicinage, vicinal, vicinity, vicious, vicious circle, vicissitude, vick, vickers, vickers number
Origin of Viciousness
1300–50; Middle English (< Anglo-French ) < Latin vitiōsus, equivalent to viti(um ) fault, vice1 + -ōsus -ous
Words that may be confused with Viciousness
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, viciousvicious, viscose, viscous
Other words from Viciousness
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 Viciousness
C14: from Old French vicieus, from Latin vitiōsus full of faults, from vitium a defect
Synonyms for Viciousness
meanness, enmity, evil, hate, hatred, indignity, malice, maliciousness, malignancy, malignity, nastiness, spite, spitefulness, despitefulness, ill will, poisonousness, venomousness