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Another word for vicious

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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.

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Another word for vicious

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Morally objectionable:
bad, black, evil, immoral, iniquitous, peccant, reprobate, sinful, wicked, wrong. See right
Characterized by intense ill will or spite:
black, despiteful, evil, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean², nasty, poisonous, spiteful, venomous, wicked. (Slang) bitchy. See attitude
So intense as to cause extreme suffering:
cruel, ferocious, fierce, savage. See help, kind
Showing 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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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.
I shall die! she muttered, wrenching herself from Marya Dmitrievna's hands with a vicious effort and sinking down again into her former position.
A vicious circle is obviously involved.
Contrary to his expectations Darnley did not receive the crown matrimonial, and his foolish and haughty behaviour, his vicious habits, and his boisterous companions did not improve matters.

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