vicious Meaning
1. ferocious and violent: carried out with intense violence and an apparent desire to inflict serious harm, or acting in an aggressive, cruel, and violent way a vicious attack Her husband's a vicious brute. 2. dangerous
Definition
1. ferocious and violent: carried out with intense violence and an apparent desire to inflict serious harm, or acting in an aggressive, cruel, and violent way a vicious attack Her husband's a vicious brute. 2. dangerous and aggressive: aggressive and liable to attack or bite a vicious dog 3. malicious: intended to cause somebody mental anguish or to defame somebody 4. severe: extremely severe or powerful and damaging in its effects a vicious frost 5. going from bad to worse: involving a
Simple meaning: 1. ferocious and violent: carried out with intense violence and an apparent desire to inflict serious harm, or acting in an aggressive, cruel, and violent way a vicious attack Her husband's a vicious brute. 2. dangerous
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