- spiteful; malicious: vicious gossip;a vicious attack.
- savage; ferocious: They all feared his vicious temper.
- (of an animal) having bad habits or a cruel or fierce disposition: a vicious bull.
- unpleasantly severe: a vicious headache.
- addicted to or characterized by vice; grossly immoral; depraved; profligate: a vicious life.
- given or readily disposed to evil: a vicious criminal.
- reprehensible; blameworthy; wrong: a vicious deception.
- characterized or marred by faults or defects; faulty; unsound: vicious reasoning.
- morbid, foul, or noxious.
- wicked or cruel; villainous
- characterized by violence or ferocity
- unpleasantly severe; harsh
- characterized by malice
- (esp of dogs, horses, etc) ferocious or hostile; dangerous
- characterized by or leading to vice
- invalidated by defects; unsound
- noxious or morbid
