American English pronunciation
How to pronounce vicious
IPA transcription: ['vɪʃəs]
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Adjective
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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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having the nature of vice
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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”
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marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
“poisonous hate”
“venomous criticism”
“vicious gossip”
Usage examples
- The football jocks laughed viciously.
- The football jocks laughed viciously.
- It has been called the "absurd, cartoony, delightfully vicious other side of "Halo Jones".
- According to Reed, Warhol told him he should write a song about someone vicious.
- Sikes is a criminal in Fagin's gang, and a vicious robber and murderer.
- The football jocks laughed viciously.
- During this vicious defensive Battle of Smolensk, Yeryomenko was wounded.
- The limited jobs that did arise were viciously fought for.
- The football jocks laughed viciously.
- The football jocks laughed viciously.