Definition of Vicious
Vicious
vi·cious
Definition/Meaning
(adjective)
dangerously fierce, violent, or aggressive;
e.g. The neighbors have a vicious dog that always growls at me.
(adjective)
deliberately spiteful, cruel, or malicious;
e.g. His vicious lies have put many people into trouble.
(adjective)
characterized and made worse by internal conditions that mutually augment each other;
e.g. A lack of education and poverty form a vicious cycle, since each is responsible for the other.
(adjective)
in literary usage, immoral, marked by evil, vice, and corruption;
e.g. He urged the man to pray for God to rescue his vicious soul.
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