Definitions for vicious

Overview of adj vicious

The adj vicious has 4 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (4) 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")

2. (2) evil, vicious

(having the nature of vice)

3. condemnable, criminal, deplorable, reprehensible, vicious

(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")

4. poisonous, venomous, vicious

(marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful; "poisonous hate"; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip")