vicious
adjective
- = 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.
opposites: kind, friendly, gentle, tame, playful, docile - = depraved, corrupt, wicked, infamous, degraded, worthless, degenerate, immoral, sinful, debased, profligate, unprincipled •
a vicious criminal incapable of remorse
opposites: good, upright, honourable, virtuous - = malicious, vindictive, spiteful, mean, cruel, venomous, bitchy (informal), defamatory, rancorous, backbiting, slanderous •
a vicious attack on an innocent woman's character
opposites: complimentary, appreciative, congratulatory
'vicious' in Other Languages
- British English: vicious
A vicious person is violent and cruel....a cruel and vicious man.ˈvɪʃəs ADJECTIVE - Arabic: أَثِيم
- Brazilian Portuguese: violento violenta
- Chinese: 恶意的
- Croatian: okrutan okrutna
- Czech: krutý
- Danish: ondskabsfuld
- Dutch: wreed
- European Spanish: fiero fieramalo
- Finnish: raju
- French: vicieux vicieuse
- German: bösartig
- Greek: διεστραμμένος διεστραμμένη
- Italian: brutale
- Japanese: ひどい
- Korean: 나쁜
- Norwegian: ondsinnet
- Polish: bezwzględny bezwzględna
- Portuguese: violento violenta
- Romanian: brutal brutal, brutală, brutali, brutale
- Russian: порочный порочная
- Spanish: fiero fieracruel
- Swedish: illvillig illvilligt
- Thai: ที่ร้ายแรง
- Turkish: kötü
- Ukrainian: жорстокий
- Vietnamese: xấu xa
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