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Thesaurus: vicious

Characterized by vice or defects; defective; faulty; imperfect.

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  1. a. Characterized by vice or defects; defective; faulty; imperfect.
  2. a. Addicted to vice; corrupt in principles or conduct; depraved; wicked; as, vicious children; vicious examples; vicious conduct.
  3. a. Wanting purity; foul; bad; noxious; as, vicious air, water, etc.
  4. a. Not correct or pure; corrupt; as, vicious language; vicious idioms.
  5. a. Not well tamed or broken; given to bad tricks; unruly; refractory; as, a vicious horse.
  6. a. Bitter; spiteful; malignant.
  7. adj. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
  8. adj. having the nature of vice
  9. adj. bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
  10. adj. marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
  11. j:100 s (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering s having the nature of vice s bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure s marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful