vice-likeadj.1
/ˈvʌɪslʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈvaɪsˌlaɪk/ rare.
Partaking of the nature of vice.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [adjective]
sickc960
foulOE
unwholec1000
thewlessa1327
corrupt1340
viciousc1340
unwholesomec1374
infecta1387
rustyc1390
unsound?a1400
rottenc1400
rotten-heartedc1405
cankereda1450
infectedc1449
wasted1483
depravate?1520
poisoned1529
deformed1555
poisonous1555
reprobate1557
corrupted1563
prave1564
base-minded1573
tainted1577
Gomorrhean1581
vice-like1589
depraved1593
debauched1598
deboshedc1598
tarish1601
sunk1602
speckled1603
deboist1604
diseased1608
ulcerous1611
vitial1614
debauchc1616
deboise1632
pravous1653
depravea1711
unhealthy1821
scrofulous1842
septic1914
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [adjective] > having evil habits or vicious > of the nature of vice
viciousc1340
vice-like1589
tarish1601
vitial1614
1589 ‘Marphoreus’ Martins Months Minde sig. F3 Beeing once entered into the vicelike vaine of foolerie,..I was caried most wickedlie..in a scorne against the Saincts of God.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
vice-likeadj.2
/ˈvʌɪslʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈvaɪsˌlaɪk/ Resembling (that of) a vice; firmly tenacious or compressive.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > [adjective]
fasta1398
gripple1513
nipping1566
griping?1573
grasping1577
gripping1623
tenacious1647
holding1681
vice-like1835
tenent1861
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > [adjective] > crushing
Juggernautish1819
vice-like1835
hugging1841
pulverulent1864
Juggernautal1888
1835 E. A. Poe in Southern Literary Messenger June 570/1 Clutching with a vice-like grip the long-desired rim.
1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 136 Traitors! that vice-like fang the hand ye lick.
1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiv. 233 What he relishes in Dante, is the vice-like tenacity with which he holds a mental image before the eyes.
1890 D. Davidson Mem. Long Life x. 258 [He] seized my hand in his vice-like fist.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.21835- crest voltmeter
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- crest-cloth
- crest-fall
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- crest-line
- crest-lopped
- crest-risen
- crest-sunk
- crest-tile
- crest-wounding
- crest-wreath
- crestal
- crestbearer
- crestboard
- crestcloth
- crested
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