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Another word for vicious

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Adjective

  1. Morally objectionable

    See also:

    right

  2. Characterized by intense ill will or spite

    See also:

    attitude

  3. So intense as to cause extreme suffering

    See also:

    kind

    help

  4. Showing or suggesting a disposition to be violently destructive without scruple or restraint

    See also:

    kind

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Another word for vicious

Modifier

  1. Corrupt

    See also:

    wicked

    Antonyms:

  2. Prone to cruelty

    See also:

    cruel

  3. Not tamed

    See also:

    unruly

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Sentence Examples

  • She thinks she is some kind of vicious animal.

  • This was not a mangy or vicious creature standing before him, but a breathtakingly beautiful, gigantic wolf.

  • A vicious circle is obviously involved.

  • I shall die! she muttered, wrenching herself from Marya Dmitrievna's hands with a vicious effort and sinking down again into her former position.

  • Subsequently this vicious principle was extended still further.

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