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vicious

/ˈvɪʃəs/
Meanings
  • adjective

    cruel or violent, especially in a persistent way

    - "The vicious dog attacked the mailman."
    - "His vicious insults hurt her feelings."
  • adjective

    having or showing a desire to harm, injure, or destroy

    - "The vicious cycle of poverty and crime."
    - "The vicious competitor tried to sabotage the project."
Pronunciation
  1. /ˈvɪʃəs/



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Synonyms

scathy
Rhymes
Words rhyming with vicious
issuous , persistent , persistentius , precarious , precautious , suspicious , transient
Variants
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vicious , viciously , viciousness , viciousnesses , vicious circle , vicious circles , vicious cycle , vicious cycles
Etymology
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From Old French vicieus 'injurious, unjust, wicked,' from Latin vitiosus 'defective, blamed,' past participle of vitium 'a fault, blame, sin, blemish,' from videre 'to see'.

Trivia
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  1. The word 'vicious' is derived from the Latin word 'vitium', which means 'a fault' or 'sin'.

  2. The word 'vicious' has been used in English since the 14th century.

  3. The word 'vicious' is often used to describe extreme weather conditions, such as a 'vicious storm' or 'vicious winds'.

Related Concepts
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  1. Cruelty: A behavior or act intended to cause pain or suffering, especially to living beings.

  2. Violence: The use of physical force to harm or destroy property or persons.

Quotes
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  1. The genetically "vicious" nature of presidential campaigns in America is too obvious to argue with, but some people call it fun, and I am one of them.

    - Dr. Hunter S. Thompson,{it}Rolling Stone{/it},11 Nov. 2004

  2. The Olympics always seemed too much like war, "vicious" old men manipulating youngsters hungry for fame into performing heroic acts for short change.

    - Robert Lipsyte,{it}New York Times{/it},29 July 2001

  3. Challenging areas of social consensus, however dumb or even "vicious" the consensus, is largely off limits for the media, because it wins no friends among the general public.

    - Richard A. Posner,{it}New York Times Book Review{/it},31 July 2005

  4. True to Finals form, this hardwood battle has become as "vicious" as any street scrum.

    - Anne Marie Cruz,{it}ESPN{/it},24 June 2002

  5. For most of my life I have retained a haunting image from an old Tarzan movie: piranhas, those "vicious" little fish with the arrowhead-shaped teeth, devouring a pig. Forget that there are no piranha in Africa. But they do exist in Brazil, in abundance in the meandering waterways of the Amazon Basin.

    - Gerald Eskenazi,{it}New York Times{/it},6 Oct. 2002

  6. His slider—a "vicious", hard-breaking pitch with which he finished off right-handed hitters for years—was inconsistent and benign, and the velocity of his fastball was diminished.

    - Buster Olney,{it}New York Times Magazine{/it},4 Mar. 2001
Culture
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The word 'vicious' has been used extensively in literature, art, and music to depict cruelty, violence, and wickedness. In literature, authors like William Shakespeare, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Edgar Allan Poe have used the word to describe various characters and situations. In music, heavy metal and punk genres often use the word in song titles and lyrics.

How to Memorize "vicious"

  1. visualize

    - Visualize a dog growling and showing its teeth. Imagine the word 'vicious' written in bold letters next to the dog.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'vicious' with the word 'cruel' or 'violent'. Imagine a person or animal behaving in a cruel or violent manner.

  3. mnemonics

    - Create a mnemonic by remembering the first letter of each definition: C for cruel and V for violent.

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