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

1. adjective. Characterized by vice or defects; defective; faulty; imperfect.
2. adjective. Addicted to vice; corrupt in principles or conduct; depraved; wicked; as, vicious children; vicious examples; vicious conduct.
3. adjective. Wanting purity; foul; bad; noxious; as, vicious air, water, etc.
4. adjective. Not correct or pure; corrupt; as, vicious language; vicious idioms.
5. adjective. Not well tamed or broken; given to bad tricks; unruly; refractory; as, a vicious horse.
6. adjective. Bitter; spiteful; malignant.
7. adjective. marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful

   "poisonous hate"

   "venomous criticism"

   Synonyms: poisonous, venomous

8. adjective. (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

9. adjective. bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure

   "a criminal waste of talent"

   "a deplorable act of violence"

   Synonyms: condemnable, criminal, deplorable, reprehensible

10. adjective. 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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