Dictionary Entry

vicious

vicious is a 7-letter English word with 10 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Characterized by vice or defects; defective; faulty; imperfect. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 10 senses

Definitions

1adjective
Characterized by vice or defects; defective; faulty; imperfect.
2adjective
Addicted to vice; corrupt in principles or conduct; depraved; wicked; as, vicious children; vicious examples; vicious conduct.
3adjective
Wanting purity; foul; bad; noxious; as, vicious air, water, etc.
4adjective
Not correct or pure; corrupt; as, vicious language; vicious idioms.
5adjective
Not well tamed or broken; given to bad tricks; unruly; refractory; as, a vicious horse.
6adjective
Bitter; spiteful; malignant.
7adjective
marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
"poisonous hate"
"venomous criticism"
Synonyms
poisonous venomous
8adjective
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
"a barbarous crime"
"brutal beatings"
Synonyms
barbarous brutal cruel fell roughshod savage
9adjective
bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
"a criminal waste of talent"
"a deplorable act of violence"
Synonyms
condemnable criminal deplorable reprehensible
10adjective
having the nature of vice
Synonyms
evil

Synonyms

poisonous venomous barbarous brutal cruel fell roughshod savage condemnable criminal deplorable reprehensible evil

Common word forms

viciously viciousness

Words from these letters

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