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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024vi•cious /ˈvɪʃəs/USA pronunciation adj. - dangerously hateful and ready to do violence;
immoral or evil;
depraved:a cruel, vicious dictator. - spiteful;
malicious;
nasty:vicious gossip. - unpleasantly severe or intense:a vicious headache.
- savage;
ferocious:a vicious temper.
vi•cious•ly, adv. vi•cious•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vi•cious (vish′əs),USA pronunciation adj. - addicted to or characterized by vice;
grossly immoral;
depraved;
profligate:a vicious life. - given or readily disposed to evil:a vicious criminal.
- reprehensible;
blameworthy;
wrong:a vicious deception. - spiteful;
malicious:vicious gossip; a vicious attack. - unpleasantly severe:a vicious headache.
- characterized or marred by faults or defects;
faulty;
unsound:vicious reasoning. - savage;
ferocious:They all feared his vicious temper. - Animal Behavior(of an animal) having bad habits or a cruel or fierce disposition:a vicious bull.
- [Archaic.]morbid, foul, or noxious.
- Latin vitiōsus, equivalent. to viti(um) fault, vice1 + -ōsus -ous
- Anglo-French)
- Middle English (1300–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged abandoned, corrupt, iniquitous, sinful.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged malevolent.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged moral.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: vicious /ˈvɪʃəs/ adj - wicked or cruel; villainous: a vicious thug
- characterized by violence or ferocity: a vicious blow
- informal unpleasantly severe; harsh: a vicious wind
- characterized by malice: vicious lies
- (esp of dogs, horses, etc) ferocious or hostile; dangerous
- characterized by or leading to vice
- invalidated by defects; unsound: a vicious inference
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French vicieus, from Latin vitiōsus full of faults, from vitium a defectˈviciously adv ˈviciousness n |