- 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, spiteful2. evil wicked, sinful, base, corrupt, depraved, immoral, debauched, villainous, degenerate, perverted, shameful, bad.ANT.: 1. nice, kind, sweet, good. 2. moral, virtuous, righteous, ChristianIV(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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