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viciousadjective extreme in degree, power, or effecta vicious winter storm ripped through the region acute, almighty, blistering, deep, dreadful, excruciating, explosive, exquisite, fearful, fearsome, ferocious, fierce, frightful, furious, ghastly, hard, heavy, heavy-duty, hellacious, intense, intensive, keen, profound, terrible, vehement, violent accentuated, aggravated, concentrated, deepenedemphasized, enhanced, heightened, intensified, magnifiedstressedexhaustive, thoroughharsh, rigorous, severe light, moderate, soft feeble, weakshallow, superficialmoderated, qualifiedalleviated, eased, lightened, toned (down)abated, decreased, diminished, lessened, reduced, subdued having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on othersshe made a vicious effort to destroy the lives of the people who had wronged her atrocious, barbaric, barbarous, brutal, brute, butcherly, cruel, fiendish, heartless, inhuman, inhumane, sadistic, savage, truculent, wanton hard-hearted, ironhearted, merciless, pitiless, ruthless, stonyhearted, unfeelingfell, ferocious, grimbloodthirsty, cutthroat, murderous, sanguinary, sanguinecatty, despiteful, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, spiteful, vindictivedraconian, draconic, hardhanded, harsh, heavy-handed, oppressive red in tooth and claw benign, benignant, compassionate, good-hearted, humane, kind, kindhearted, sympathetic, tenderhearted tender, warm, warmheartedcharitable, clement, lenient, merciful, pityingpacific, peaceable, peaceful not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptablea truly vicious person detested by almost everyone bad, black, dark, evil, immoral, iniquitous, nefarious, rotten, sinful, unethical, unlawful, unrighteous, unsavory, vile, villainous, wicked, wrong base, contemptible, despicable, dirty, disreputable, evil-minded, ignoble, ill, infernal, low, mean, snide, sordidatrocious, cruel, infamous, nastyblamable, blameworthy, censurable, objectionable, obscene, offensive, reprehensiblecorrupt, debased, debauched, degenerate, depraved, dissolute, libertine, loose, low-minded, perverted, reprobate, scrofulous, sick, unhealthycursed(also curst), cussed, defiling, noxious, pernicious, pestilential, ugly, ungodly, unwholesomebanned, barred, condemned, discouraged, forbidden, illegal, interdicted, outlawed, prohibited, proscribed, unauthorized, uncleandisallowedexecrable, lousy, miserable, wretchederrant, erring, fallen, unprincipled, unscrupulousimproper, incorrect, indecent, indecorous, naughty, unbecoming, unseemly, vulgardishonest, dishonorable decent, ethical, good, honest, honorable, just, moral, right, righteous, sublime, upright, virtuous elevated, high, high-minded, law-abiding, legitimate, lofty, noble, principled, reputable, scrupulousallowed, authorized, legal, licensed, permissible, permittedapproved, endorsed(also indorsed), sanctionedabetted, encouraged, promoted, supportedclean, correct, decent, decorous, exemplary, proper, seemlyblameless, commendable, creditable, guiltless, legitimatechaste, immaculate, incorruptible, innocent, inoffensive, irreproachable, lily-white, perfect, pure, spotless, squeaky-clean, uncorrupted, unerring, unfallen, unobjectionable, venerable, white, wholesomeesteemed, respected, upstanding, worthy violently unfriendly or aggressive in dispositiona vicious dog that has already bitten several people fell, ferocious, fierce, grim, savage argumentative, assaultive, bellicose, belligerent, brawly, chippy, combative, confrontational, discordant, disputatious, feisty, gladiatorial, militant, pugnacious, scrappy, warlikebare-knuckle(also bare-knuckled or bare-knuckles), blood-and-guts, in-your-face, take-no-prisonerscontentious, quarrelsome, truculentmenacing, threateningbestial, brute, inhuman, inhumanebarbaric, uncivilized, wildheartless, implacable, merciless, pitiless, relentless, ruthless, unrelenting, wantonbloodthirsty, bloody, homicidal, murdering, murderous, sanguinary, sanguinerapacious, ravenous, voracious gentle, mild, unaggressive amicable, companionable, comradely, congenial, cordial, friendly, genial, hearty, warm, warmheartedcompliant, submissive, tamebenign, compassionate, kind, mercifulpacific, peaceable, peacefulamiable, complaisant, obliginghuman, humanecivilized, cultured having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of ithe spread vicious rumors about his ex-wife after their bitter divorce bad(slang), bitchy, catty, cruel, despiteful, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, spiteful, virulent devious, scoundrelly, scurvy, snakelikeacrimonious, bitter, envious, jaundiced, jealous, rancorous, resentful, vindictive, vitrioliccontemptuous, deprecating, derogatory, disdainful, disparaging, mean-spirited, obnoxious, opprobrious, scornful, snide, snotty, unkind, unkindly, unlovingbaleful, baneful, evilharsh, hostile, inimicalacrid, caustic, poisonous, scathing, venomous benevolent, benign, benignant, loving, unmalicious compassionate, good, good-hearted, kind, kindhearted, kindly, sympathetic, warm, warmheartedaffable, agreeable, amiable, cordial, friendly, genial, gracious, nice, pleasantaffectionate, amorous, sweet, tender, tenderheartedhumanealtruistic, high-minded, humanitarian, magnanimous, noble, philanthropic(also philanthropical) vicious, villainous, iniquitous, nefarious, corrupt, degenerate mean highly reprehensible or offensive in character, nature, or conduct.vicious may directly oppose virtuous in implying moral depravity, or may connote malignancy, cruelty, or destructive violence.a vicious gangster villainous applies to any evil, depraved, or vile conduct or characteristic.a villainous assault iniquitous implies absence of all signs of justice or fairness.an iniquitous system of taxation nefarious suggests flagrant breaching of time-honored laws and traditions of conduct.the nefarious rackets of organized crime corrupt stresses a loss of moral integrity or probity causing betrayal of principle or sworn obligations.city hall was rife with corrupt politicians degenerate suggests having sunk to an especially vicious or enervated condition.a degenerate regime propped up by foreign powers in the 14th century |