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V0088700 (vĭsh′əs)adj.1. Mean-spirited or deliberately hurtful; malicious: vicious gossip.2. a. Extremely violent or injurious; cruel: a vicious blow to the stomach; vicious tactics in suppressing a rebellion.b. Marked by an aggressive disposition. Used chiefly of animals.c. Disposed to violent or destructive behavior: a vicious dictator.3. Severe, powerful, or intense; fierce: a vicious storm.4. a. Having the nature of vice; evil, immoral, or depraved: "All men who succeed ... in finance in New York at last ... return to their native towns, assert that cities are vicious, marry their childhood sweethearts" (Sinclair Lewis).b. Given to vice, immorality, or depravity: "The sum and substance of it was, That Oliver was a foundling, born of low and vicious parents" (Charles Dickens).5. Faulty or defective: a forced, vicious style of prose.

[Middle English, from Old French vicieus, from Latin vitiōsus, from vitium, vice.]

vi′cious·ly adv.vi′cious·ness n.

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(ˈvɪʃəs) adj1. wicked or cruel; villainous: a vicious thug. 2. characterized by violence or ferocity: a vicious blow. 3. informal unpleasantly severe; harsh: a vicious wind. 4. characterized by malice: vicious lies. 5. (esp of dogs, horses, etc) ferocious or hostile; dangerous6. characterized by or leading to vice7. invalidated by defects; unsound: a vicious inference. 8. obsolete noxious or morbid: a vicious exhalation. [C14: from Old French vicieus, from Latin vitiōsus full of faults, from vitium a defect] ˈviciously adv ˈviciousness n

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adj. 1. addicted to or characterized by vice; immoral or evil; depraved. 2. spiteful; malicious: vicious gossip. 3. unpleasantly severe or intense: a vicious headache. 4. savage; ferocious: a vicious temper. 5. (of an animal) unruly, fierce, or of a violent disposition. 6. characterized by faults or defects; unsound: vicious reasoning. 7. morbid, foul, or noxious. [1300–50; < Latin vitiōsus, derivative of viti(um) fault, vice¹] vi′cious•ly, adv. vi′cious•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	vicious - (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, savage, roughshodinhumane - lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion; "humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world"; "biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used"
	2.	vicious - having the nature of vice evilwicked - morally bad in principle or practice
	3.	vicious - bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure; "a criminal waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of violence"; "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife"condemnable, criminal, reprehensible, deplorablewrong - contrary to conscience or morality or law; "it is wrong for the rich to take advantage of the poor"; "cheating is wrong"; "it is wrong to lie"
	4.	vicious - marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful; "poisonous hate"; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip"venomous, poisonousmalicious - having the nature of or resulting from malice; "malicious gossip"; "took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince"- Rudyard Kipling

vicious

adjective1. savage, brutal, violent, bad, dangerous, foul, cruel, ferocious, monstrous, vile, atrocious, diabolical, heinous, abhorrent, barbarous, fiendish He suffered a vicious attack by a gang of youths.
savage kind, friendly, gentle, tame, playful, docile2. depraved, corrupt, wicked, infamous, degraded, worthless, degenerate, immoral, sinful, debased, profligate, unprincipled a vicious criminal incapable of remorse
depraved good, upright, honourable, virtuous3. malicious, vindictive, spiteful, mean, cruel, venomous, bitchy (informal), defamatory, rancorous, backbiting, slanderous a vicious attack on an innocent woman's character
malicious complimentary, appreciative, congratulatory

vicious

adjective1. Morally objectionable:bad, black, evil, immoral, iniquitous, peccant, reprobate, sinful, wicked, wrong.2. Characterized by intense ill will or spite:black, despiteful, evil, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, poisonous, spiteful, venomous, wicked.Slang: bitchy.3. So intense as to cause extreme suffering:cruel, ferocious, fierce, savage.4. Showing or suggesting a disposition to be violently destructive without scruple or restraint:barbarous, bestial, cruel, fell, feral, ferocious, fierce, inhuman, savage, truculent, wolfish.

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凶恶的恶意的

vicious

(ˈviʃəs) adjective evil; cruel; likely to attack or cause harm. Keep back from that dog – it's vicious.凶恶的ˈviciously adverb 凶残地，邪恶地 ˈviciousness noun 凶残，恶意，邪恶

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vicious circle

A negative situation that is constantly maintained or worsened, rather than resolved. Underdeveloped countries are often stuck in a vicious circle of poverty that their citizens can never overcome. I use my credit card because I don't make enough money to pay my bills, and as soon as I get paid, any extra money goes toward my credit card bill. That vicious circle is why I'm constantly broke!See also: circle, vicious

in a vicious circle

In a negative situation that is constantly maintained or worsened, rather than resolved. Underdeveloped countries are often stuck in a vicious circle of poverty that their citizens can never overcome. I use my credit card because I don't make enough money to pay my bills, and as soon as I get paid, any extra money goes toward my credit card bill. I'm in a vicious circle—and constantly broke!See also: circle, vicious

be in a vicious circle

To be in a negative situation that is constantly maintained or worsened, rather than resolved. Underdeveloped countries are often in a vicious circle of poverty that their citizens can never overcome.See also: circle, vicious

get into a vicious circle

To beome involved in a negative situation that is constantly maintained or worsened, rather than resolved. I use my credit card because I don't make enough money to pay my bills, and as soon as I get paid, any extra money goes toward my credit card bill. I've gotten into a vicious circle—and I'm constantly broke!See also: circle, get, vicious

*in a vicious circle

Fig. in a situation in which the solution of one problem leads to a second problem, and the solution of the second problem brings back the first problem, etc. (*Typically: be ~; get [into] ~.) Life is so strange. I seem to be in a vicious circle most of the time. I put lemon in my tea to make it sour, then sugar to make it sweet. I'm in a vicious circle. Don't let your life get into a vicious circle.See also: circle, vicious

vicious circle

A series of events in which each problem creates another and worsens the original one. For example, The fatter I get, the unhappier I am, so I eat to cheer myself up, which makes me fatter yet-it's a vicious circle . This expression comes from the French cercle vicieux, which in philosophy means "a circular proof"-that is, the proof of one statement depends on a second statement, whose proof in turn depends on the first. One writer suggests that the English meaning of "vicious" helped the expression acquire its more pejorative present sense, used since 1839. See also: circle, vicious

a vicious circle

COMMON If you describe a difficult situation as a vicious circle, you mean that one problem has caused other problems which, in turn, have made the original problem even worse. The economy couldn't create jobs because consumers weren't spending. Consumers weren't spending because the economy wasn't creating jobs. And this was the vicious circle we were caught in. According to the report, patients discharged from hospitals are being thrust into a vicious circle of poverty and illnesses. Note: This refers to the error in logic of trying to prove the truth of one statement by a second statement, which in turn relies on the first for proof. The expression is a translation of the Latin `circulus vitiosus', meaning `a flawed circular argument'. See also: circle, vicious

a vicious ˈcircle

a difficult situation or problem where one thing makes another thing happen, which then makes the first thing happen again: He spends too much on drink because he’s worried about his financial problems, and so the situation gets worse and worse. It’s a vicious circle.See also: circle, vicious

vicious

(ˈvɪʃəs) mod. great; excellent. Man, this burger is really vicious.

vicious circle

A series of events in which the solution of one difficulty creates another or worsens the original problem. This expression comes from the philosophical discipline of logic, where it means proving one statement by another that itself rests on the first for proof; it is also known as “circular reasoning.” George du Maurier used it in Peter Ibbetson (1892): “The wretcheder one is, the more one smokes; and the more one smokes, the wretcheder one gets—a vicious circle.” See also: circle, vicious

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adj morally objectionable

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adj characterized by intense ill will or spite

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adj so intense as to cause extreme suffering

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adj showing or suggesting a disposition to be violently destructive without scruple or restraint

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adj (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

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adj having the nature of vice

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adj bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure

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