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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