Synonyms for vicious
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Corrupt
bad, debased, base, impious, profligate, demoralized, faulty, vile, foul, impure, lewd, indecent, licentious, libidinous; see also wicked 1, 2.
Antonyms noble*, pure*, virtuous.
Prone to cruelty
wicked, evil, sinful; see cruel 1, 2.
Not tamed
wild, untamed, insubordinate; see unruly.
See vicious in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
adjective
Morally objectionable:
bad, black, evil, immoral, iniquitous, peccant, reprobate, sinful, wicked, wrong. See rightCharacterized by intense ill will or spite:
black, despiteful, evil, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean2, nasty, poisonous, spiteful, venomous, wicked. (Slang) bitchy. See attitudeSo intense as to cause extreme suffering:
cruel, ferocious, fierce, savage. See help, kindShowing or suggesting a disposition to be violently destructive without scruple or restraint:
barbarous, bestial, cruel, fell2, feral, ferocious, fierce, inhuman, savage, truculent, wolfish. See kind
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