Meaning

3 senses
  1. Violent, destructive and cruel.

    gewalttätig, destruktiv

    злойzloj, зло́бныйzlóbnyj, я́ростныйjárostnyj

    злийzlyj

  2. Savage and aggressive.

    grausam, aggressiv

  3. (archaic)Pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity.

    böse, boshaft, übel

    поро́чныйporóčnyj

More definitions
  • having the nature of vice
  • marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
  • bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
  • (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

Examples

65 sentences
  1. Tom is vicious.

    Том порочний.

    deTom ist bösartig.

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  2. It's a vicious circle.

    Це порочне коло.

    ruЭто порочный круг.

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  3. We were caught in a vicious cycle.

    ruМы оказались в порочном круге.

    deWir befanden uns in einem Teufelskreis.

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  4. It seems like you've done some pretty vicious things.

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  5. Tom was mauled by a vicious animal.

    deTom wurde von einem bissigen Tier angefallen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
violent, destructive:
Русский
By meaning 2
violent, destructive:
pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
violent, destructive:
savage, aggressive:
pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity:

Forms

more vicious/viciouser, most vicious/viciousest
Comparativemore vicious / viciouser Lesson
Superlativemost vicious / viciousest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

14 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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