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- Dictionaryvicious/ˈvɪʃəs/
adjective
- 1. deliberately cruel or violent: "a vicious assault" Similar Opposite
- 2. immoral: literary "every soul on earth, virtuous or vicious, shall perish"
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adjective. us / ˈvɪʃ·əs / Add to word list. (of an act) intending to hurt badly, or (of a person or animal) likely to be violent: I don’t believe he is a vicious dog. The few who disagreed became the targets of vicious written attacks on the Internet.
The meaning of VICIOUS is dangerously aggressive : savage. How to use vicious in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Vicious.
8 meanings: 1. wicked or cruel; villainous 2. characterized by violence or ferocity 3. informal unpleasantly severe; harsh 4..... Click for more definitions.
Vicious definition: spiteful; malicious. See examples of VICIOUS used in a sentence.
adj. 1. wicked or cruel; villainous: a vicious thug. 2. characterized by violence or ferocity: a vicious blow. 3. informal unpleasantly severe; harsh: a vicious wind. 4. characterized by malice: vicious lies. 5. (esp of dogs, horses, etc) ferocious or hostile; dangerous. 6. characterized by or leading to vice.
Vicious is an adjective that means intentionally harmful or nasty. If you spread vicious rumors about a person, you're telling people things that will hurt her feelings or ruin her reputation.
(of an attack, criticism, etc.) full of hate and anger. She wrote me a vicious letter. The newspapers launched a vicious attack on him, forcing him to resign. The article was vicious in its criticism of the prime minister. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. (informal) very bad or severe. a vicious headache.
