Vicious - Definition
vicious
adj 1: (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" [syn: barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell,
roughshod, savage, vicious]
2: having the nature of vice [syn: evil, vicious]
3: bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure; "a criminal
waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of violence"; "adultery
is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife" [syn:
condemnable, criminal, deplorable, reprehensible,
vicious]
4: marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful; "poisonous
hate"; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip" [syn:
poisonous, venomous, vicious]