vicious

• vicious

vicious

Adjective

(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"

Synonyms:

• barbarous
• brutal
• cruel
• fell
• roughshod
• savage
• vicious

Adjective

having the nature of vice

Synonyms:

• evil
• vicious

Adjective

bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure; "a criminal waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of violence"; "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife"

Synonyms:

• condemnable
• criminal
• deplorable
• reprehensible
• vicious

Adjective

marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful; "poisonous hate"; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip"

Synonyms:

• poisonous
• venomous
• vicious