vicious

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Violent, destructive and cruel.
2. Savage and aggressive.
3. (archaic) Pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity.

Sinonieme

wicked

evil

bad

👎

cruel

malicious

depraved

savage

brutal

nasty

fierce

ruthless

vile

spiteful

base

venomous

merciless

evil-minded

malignant

mean

deplorable

reprehensible

corrupt

sinful

sinister

immoral

fell

ferocious

malevolent

barbarous

heartless

villainous

naughty

wrong

poisonous

condemnable

violent

misfortune

wanton

criminal

sharp

wild

meanspirited

roughshod

nefarious

be mean

ill

🤢

perverse

despicable

severe

pitiless

angry

😠

mischievous

maleficent

unkind

profligate

rancorous

recreant

rude

satanic

shabby

shameless

smoky

strong-arm

stupid

thick

tough

unappetizing

undutiful

unkindly

unmerciful

unprincipled

unrighteous

unsatisfactory

unscrupulous

unsympathetic

unworthy

useless

venom

virulent

wickedness

worthless

sinistrous

unappetising

virtueless

evil intention

bad quality

evil-spirited

evilminded

bad-hearted

addicted to any vice

abandoned

badly-behaved

assault

at random

atrocious

awful

awkward

barbaric

beastly

belligerent

big

biting

black

calamitous

callous

cantankerous

careless

cattish

catty

caustic

concentrated

condensed

crafty

demoralized

dense

despiteful

dirty

disorderly

dissolute

false

fearsome

fiendish

flagitious

forcible

frightening

good for nothing

graceless

grievous

harmful

harsh

heterodox

hurtful

ill-mannered

improper

inhuman

inhumane

lazy

mad

malefic

malice

malign

malignancy

pernicious

perverted

physical

poor

Vertalings

kwaadaardig

vicieux

vicioso

kötü

👎

méchant

boosaardig

vals

böse

lasterhaft

hatelijk

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈvɪʃəs/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: vicious

Verwante met Frans: vicieux

In summary

PIE word
*dwóh₁
From Middle English vicious, from Anglo-Norman vicious, (modern French vicieux), from Latin vitiōsus, from vitium (“fault, vice”). Equivalent to vice + -ous.