122 Synonyms & Antonyms For VICIOUS

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Definitions vicious [vish-uhs] / ˈvɪʃ əs / ADJECTIVE corrupt, wrong Synonyms STRONGEST atrocious barbarous cruel dangerous depraved diabolical ferocious heinous infamous monstrous nefarious perverse savage vile violent wicked WEAK abandoned abhorrent bad base contaminated debased degenerate degraded demoralized faulty fiendish flagitious foul immoral impious impure indecent iniquitous insubordinate lewd libidinous licentious miscreant profligate putrid reprehensible reprobate rotten sinful unprincipled untamed villainous wild worthless Antonyms STRONGEST calm civilized gentle glorious good honorable innocent kind mild moral nice pure respectable tame virtuous WEAK friendly pleasant right ADJECTIVE nasty, hateful Synonyms STRONGEST brutal cruel dirty evil fierce intense malevolent malicious murderous rancorous savage spiteful venomous vindictive violent wicked WEAK backbiting beastly bloodthirsty cussed defamatory despiteful frightful furious horrid lousy malign mean ornery poisonous rough slanderous tough vehement Antonyms STRONGEST calm decent forgiving gentle good helpful kind loving mild moderate moral nice peaceful sympathetic tame thoughtful upright WEAK friendly pleasant right

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On one occasion, the crowd was particularly vicious and made me cry.

From The Wall Street Journal

Koke opened the scoring with a vicious strike into the top corner when the ball fell for him outside the area, for his 50th Atletico goal.

From Barron's

Reading the astonishingly vicious responses directed at me, I felt something like detachment.

From Salon

"The people who refused to condemn Candace's truly vicious attacks - and some of them are speaking here tonight - are guilty of cowardice," Shapiro said.

From BBC

Then there are the big things that are off, like Nina’s wild mood swings and the vicious gossip about her mental health among the other Stepford wives of the area.

From Los Angeles Times

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bad badder barbarian barbarous bitchy brutal catty concentrated criminal cruel cutthroat degenerate depraved desperate despiteful destructive diabolical diabolic disreputable dissolute dog-eat-dog evil exquisite ferocious fiendish fierce fiercest filthy flagitious foul foul furious furious heinous hellish hateful immoral imperfect inhuman/inhumane infamous inhuman ill-tempered iniquitous inhumane ireful lousy malevolent malicious malign mean meaner mephitical mischievous miscreant monstrous more concentrated more brutal more desperate more evil more inhumane more inhuman more inhuman more pestilent more pestilent more pestilential more poisonous more poisonous more poison most evil most inhuman most inhuman most inhumane most poison most pestilent most pestilent most pestilential most poisonous most poisonous nasty nefarious ogreish ornery perverted pestilent/pestilential pestilent poison/poisonous poisonous profligate rotten ruthless sadistic satanical satanic sinful sordid spiteful tougher tough toughest toxicant ugly undomesticated unfair untamed vehement venomous vile vilest violent viperous virulent wanton wildest wicked wilder wrong wrongest

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