Vicious synonyms and antonyms
vĭsh'əs
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cruel (related)
Deliberately seeking to inflict pain and suffering; enjoying others' suffering; without mercy or pity
Morally bad or wrong; acting or done with evil intent; depraved
Suggestive of or resembling a wolf.
unruly (related)
Hard to control, restrain, or keep in order; disobedient, disorderly, etc.
Characterized by or indicating future misfortune; ominous:
Not submissive to authority:
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Said or done in revenge; characterized by vengeance
(Obsolete) Wicked.
Full of or characterized by lust; lewd; lascivious
Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered.
Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact.
Not manageable; not readily submitting to handling or management; not easily restrained, governed, or directed; not controllable.
Not pious
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Highly disagreeable or most inferior; very bad: a generalized term of disapproval
ferity
The state of being wild or untamed.
Sinful; sinning
Offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty; lewd or vulgar:
Morally unrestrained, esp. in sexual activity; lascivious
Given to or characterized by reckless waste; wildly extravagant:
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Corrupt
Having a fault or faults; defective, blemished, imperfect, or erroneous
Not clear; stormy; unfavorable
(colloq.) malignant
Morally objectionable
Very cruel, evil, brutal, etc.
Containing errors or alterations, especially ones that prevent proper understanding or use:
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Morally objectionable
Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.
Morally objectionable
The definition of defective is something or someone that is imperfect or that doesn't work properly.
Morally corrupt; perverted.
Appropriate to a devil, especially in degree of wickedness or cruelty.
The definition of egregious is extraordinary, but in a negative way.
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Of or suggestive of a wild animal; savage:
Fierce; savage; violently cruel
Of or like a fiend; devilish; inhumanly wicked or cruel
Violent; uncontrolled
Infamous; scandalous:
The definition of flagrant is something that is obviously wrong or offensive in some way.
Causing or deserving hate; loathsome; detestable; odious
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Outrageously evil or wicked; abominable
(Gram.) In certain inflected languages, designating or of the tense of a verb that indicates a past action or state as uncompleted, continuous, customary, or going on at the same time as another: “was writing” and “used to write” are English forms corresponding to the imperfect tense in such languages
Having, showing, or caused by malice; spiteful; intentionally mischievous or harmful
(Slang) Hard to cope with; difficult or troublesome:
Very wicked; villainous; iniquitous
Harmful to the mind or morals; corrupting:
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Being of the color black, producing or reflecting comparatively little light and having no predominant hue.
Mean or spiteful:
gentle (antonym)
Of good family; wellborn:
The definition of rotten is someone or something extremely bad, corrupt, spoiled, unpleasant or decaying.
Wild; not cultivated
Causing great discomfort, damage, or distress:
Filled with, prompted by, or showing spite; malicious.
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The definition of terrible is someone or something extreme, very bad or something that causes fear.
Acting or moving with great force; violent
Of, relating to, or appropriate to a villain
Characterized by extreme emotion, especially anger:
A cruel or brutal act
The quality of being egregious
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The state or quality of being flagitious
The quality or state of being flagrant
Lack of righteousness or justice; wickedness
The characteristic of being vicious
Villainous conduct or action:
Rejected by God and without hope of salvation.
Disagreeably precise or penetrating:
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The definition of criminal is someone or something related to the commission of a crime.
noble (antonym)
Having excellent qualities; superior
pure (antonym)
(Philosophy) Free of empirical elements:
Able to resist disease
nice (antonym)
Exhibiting courtesy and politeness:
right (antonym)
Intended to be worn or positioned facing outward or toward an observer:
Contrary to established moral principles.
kind (antonym)
The definition of kind is warm, generous or sympathetic.
pleasant (antonym)
Fair and comfortable:
Full of despite.
Malevolent is defined as someone or something that is harmful or evil.
The definition of malignant is something evil or intending harm, a tumor that is spreading, or a disease that is invasive.
In a bad mood; irritable or cranky.
bloodthirsty (related)
ruthless (related)
Deriving from more than one source, style, or convention; eclectic:
The definition of barbarous is something that is uncivilized or crude.
Dire; sinister:
Not of ordinary human nature, form, or character:
The definition of truculent is rude speech or writing or a cruel person who likes to fight.
attitude (related)
Characterized by intense ill will or spite
help (related)
So intense as to cause extreme suffering
Marked by brutal force:
Deserving of condemnation
Deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad.
murderous (related)
viciously (related)
sadistic (related)
merciless (related)
callous (related)
cowardly (related)
despicable (related)
monstrous (related)
The number that is raised to a particular power in a given mathematical expression. In the expression an, a is the base.
Corrupt
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