Synonym: bad, barbarous, base, brutal, cruel, evil, ferocious, inhumane, low, malicious, naughty, ruthless, savage, sinful, spiteful, vile, wicked, wrong. Similar words: officious, pernicious, judicious, malicious, capricious, suspicious, judiciously, avariciously. Meaning: ['vɪʃəs] 
adj. 1. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering 2. having the nature of vice 3. bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure 4. marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful.
adj. 1. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering 2. having the nature of vice 3. bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure 4. marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful. 
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(91) Big Willie was the toughest dude on the block, a bad combination of vicious clothes-taking bully and mean, gutsy fighter.
(92) Someone is conducting a vicious campaign of false rumours against the Royal Family.
(93) And I can assure you that the Algonquin still vibrates with whatever turned on Mrs Parker and her vicious circle.
(94) It followed the attack up with a vicious peck just above the other bird's beak.
(95) The vicious tone does him no credit whatsoever and in fact only serves to tarnish the image of the party.
(96) The limp body collapsed backwards, the base of Zhukov's skull striking the edge of the sink with a vicious crack.
(97) The ruler continued to enjoy, unless he were unusually vicious or unlucky, a respect which sometimes verged on worship.
(98) The most vicious can suddenly look very prim when assuming the role of the victim.
(99) He was having a last vicious swipe at his father and his father's religion.
(100) And if the auction houses aren't doing well ... it's a vicious circle.
(101) Everybody knew Al was vicious in the courtroom[Sentencedict.com], but they knew he left it in the courtroom.
(102) The inevitable result was over-capacity in the market place followed by a vicious price war.
(103) Meanwhile, trade unions became more active in their wage claims, and a vicious price-wage-price spiral developed.
(104) As more species of life are slowly added to the embryonic aquarium, the water becomes extremely sensitive to vicious cycles.
(105) Just inside the entrance proper, the sea slices a vicious swathe inland, describing almost a half-circle.
(106) In desperation, he gave one last, vicious backward kick and launched himself out into the dark.
(107) The Harpies are vicious, hungry creatures who will gang up on any isolated individual.Sentencedict.com
(108) Appearances of being vicious, mindless, or mediocre can be deceptive, and the deception is often studied and rehearsed.
(109) The first thing Vicious does is start picking fights with these guys who are supposed to protect him.
(110) It came as no surprise when he was sent off for a vicious headbutt to the hapless Hudd.
(111) The bargaining processes within the Defence commodity market are often described in the media and in Parliament as vicious inter-Service infighting.
(112) It's a cruel and vicious regime that represses all opposition.
(113) But the old guard in the leadership sends in the tanks and introduces a new phase of vicious repression.
(114) My instinct was to assume that she was playing a vicious joke.
(115) When you become anxious about sleeplessness, you start a vicious cycle.
(116) Where are the leaders who can square this vicious circle?
(117) It was not just the adults who were scarred by this vicious legal battle.
(118) It is a vicious game played by attorneys who know all the tricks to kill the witness before he gets to court.
(119) Sid Vicious, the smack-addled punk who stabbed his girlfriend in Sid and Nancy.
(120) She knew she was caught in a vicious trap, sliding down a slippery spiral.
More similar words: officious, pernicious, judicious, malicious, capricious, suspicious, judiciously, avariciously, precious, spacious, specious, ferocious, salacious, conscious, sagacious, audacious, atrocious, rapacious, capacious, vivacious, fallacious, voracious, loquacious, mendacious, pugnacious, precocious, consciously, unconscious, subconscious, voraciously.