VICIOUS
\vˈɪʃəs], \vˈɪʃəs], \v_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_s]\
Definitions of VICIOUS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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(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"
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marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful; "a malevolent lie"; "poisonous hate...in his eyes"- Ernest Hemingway; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip"
By Princeton University
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(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"
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marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful; "a malevolent lie"; "poisonous hate...in his eyes"- Ernest Hemingway; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Addicted to vice; corrupt in principles or conduct; depraved; wicked; as, vicious children; vicious examples; vicious conduct.
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Not correct or pure; corrupt; as, vicious language; vicious idioms.
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Not well tamed or broken; given to bad tricks; unruly; refractory; as, a vicious horse.
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Bitter; spiteful; malignant.
By Oddity Software
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Addicted to vice; corrupt in principles or conduct; depraved; wicked; as, vicious children; vicious examples; vicious conduct.
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Not correct or pure; corrupt; as, vicious language; vicious idioms.
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Not well tamed or broken; given to bad tricks; unruly; refractory; as, a vicious horse.
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Bitter; spiteful; malignant.
By Noah Webster.
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Faulty; as, vicious reasoning; corrupt; depraved; wicked; as, he led a vicious life; unruly; spiteful; not well tamed or broken; as, a vicious horse; impure; as, vicious air.
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Viciously.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Viciously.
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Having a vice or defect: corrupt in principles or conduct: depraved: impure, as language or air: given to bad tricks, as a horse.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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