vicious

Meaning

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

Synonyms

wicked
B2
evil
A2
bad
A1
👎
cruel
B2
malicious
C2
depraved
C2
savage
C1
brutal
C1
nasty
B1
ruthless
C1
fierce
C1
vile
C1
spiteful
24k
venomous
24k
malignant
C2
evil-minded
base
B1
merciless
C2
mean
A1
corrupt
C1
villainous
33k
sinful
C2
condemnable
sinister
C1
ferocious
C2
poisonous
C1
fell
A2
barbarous
37k
naughty
B2
malevolent
32k
reprehensible
30k
wrong
A1
deplorable
28k
heartless
C1
immoral
C2
criminal
B1
unkind
C2
severe
B2
roughshod
sharp
B2
violent
B2
pitiless
42k
nefarious
26k
misfortune
C1
mischievous
C2
perverse
C2
profligate
angry
A2
😠
despicable
C2
maleficent
47k
Translations

kwaadaardig
vizioso
vicieux
vicioso
méchant
vals
lasterhaft

φαύλος

böse
boosaardig
kötü
👎
snood
brutal
hatelijk
boshaft
Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvɪʃəs/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
vicious
Cognate with French
French
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.

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