vicious

vicious
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. sinful, wicked, iniquitous, immoral, wrong; criminal, disorderly; vile, felonious, nefarious, infamous, heinous; demoralized, corrupt, depraved, perverted; evil-minded, shameless; abandoned, debauched, degenerate, dissolute; reprobate, beyond redemption. See evil, improbity, impurity.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Corrupt]
Syn. bad, debased, base, impious, profligate, demoralized, faulty, vile, foul, impure, lewd, indecent, licentious, libidinous; see also wicked 1 , 2 .
Ant. noble*, pure*, virtuous.
2. [Prone to cruelty]
Syn. wicked, evil, sinful; see cruel 1 , 2 .
3. [Not tamed]
Syn. wild, untamed, insubordinate; see unruly .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
1. mean, nasty bad, fierce, cruel, malicious, murderous, brutal, merciliess, bloodthirsty, savage, ferocious, hateful, venomous, spiteful
2. evil wicked, sinful, base, corrupt, depraved, immoral, debauched, villainous, degenerate, perverted, shameful, bad.
ANT.: 1. nice, kind, sweet, good. 2. moral, virtuous, righteous, Christian
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Morally objectionable: bad, black, evil, immoral, iniquitous, peccant, reprobate, sinful, wicked, wrong. See RIGHT. 2. Characterized by intense ill will or spite: black, despiteful, evil, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean2, nasty, poisonous, spiteful, venomous, wicked. Slang: bitchy. See ATTITUDE. 3. So intense as to cause extreme suffering: cruel, ferocious, fierce, savage. See HELP, KIND. 4. Showing or suggesting a disposition to be violently destructive without scruple or restraint: barbarous, bestial, cruel, fell2, feral, ferocious, fierce, inhuman, savage, truculent, wolfish. See KIND.

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