单词 | vicious |
释义 | vicious —viciously, adv. —viciousness, n. /vish"euhs/, adj. 1. addicted to or characterized by vice; grossly immoral; depraved; profligate: a vicious life. 2. given or readily disposed to evil: a vicious criminal. 3. reprehensible; blameworthy; wrong: a vicious deception. 4. spiteful; malicious: vicious gossip; a vicious attack. 5. unpleasantly severe: a vicious headache. 6. characterized or marred by faults or defects; faulty; unsound: vicious reasoning. 7. savage; ferocious: They all feared his vicious temper. 8. (of an animal) having bad habits or a cruel or fierce disposition: a vicious bull. 9. Archaic. morbid, foul, or noxious. [1300-50; ME ( < AF) < L vitiosus, equiv. to viti(um) fault, VICE1 + -osus -OUS] Syn. 1. abandoned, corrupt, iniquitous, sinful. 4. malevolent. Ant. 1. moral. |
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